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ISH and Dutch National Junior's Grimm is a crowd pleaser

Junior Company and Ish dancers in Grimm
© Michel Schnater
Dancers of the Junior Company and Ish in Grimm
© Michel Schnater
By Lambrecht Wessels, 23 April 2018
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“a thoroughly entertaining performance”
Reviewed at Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam on 22 April 2018
Programme
GRIMM (Ernst Meisner)
Performers
Dutch National Ballet's Junior Company
Ish Dance Collective
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Lambrecht Wessels
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.