Arqués fiery Ignite captures the attention at Dutch National Ballet

By Lambrecht Wessels, 18 June 2019

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Reviewed at Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam on 14 June 2019

Pas/Parts (William Forsythe)

Kleines Requiem (Hans van Manen)

Ignite (Juanjo Arqués)

Dutch National Ballet

Matthew Rowe, Conductor

Keso Dekker, Set Designer

Tatyana van Walsum, Costume Designer

Het Balletorkest

Stephen Galloway, Set Designer

Anna Tsygankova, Dancer

Aya Okumura, Dancer

Maia Makhateli, Dancer

YuanYuan Zhang, Dancer

Sasha Mukhamedov, Dancer

Young Gyu Choi, Dancer

Constantine Allen, Dancer

Martin ten Kortenaar, Dancer

Edo Wijnen, Dancer

Vera Tsyganova, Dancer

James Stout, Dancer

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Lambrecht Wessels

Lambrecht Wessels is a conflict analyst, publicist and avid dance fan living in Amsterdam. He writes about modern and classical dance, and follows Dutch National Ballet and the Netherlands Dance Theater especially. But he also visits dance performances in Belgium, the UK and Scandinavia.