NDT2 I dreamt, it was: a dynamic double bill

NDT2 in in Kill Your Darlings by Imre and Marne van Opstal

NDT2 in Imre and Marne van Opstal’s Kill Your Darlings

NDT2 in Sharon Eyal’s SAABA

A dancer with NDT2 in Sharon Eyal’s SAABA

By Mark Vicente, 30 May 2026

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“overloading the audience with a barrage of disjointed scenes that purposely overwhelm”

Reviewed at International Theater: Grote Zaal, Amsterdam on 28 May 2026

Kill Your Darlings (Imre van Opstal, Marne van Opstal)

Saaba (Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar)

Nederlands Dans Theater | NDT 2

Sharon Eyal’s Into the Hairy at Sadler’s Wells

Deborah Weiss, 13th November

Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar’s S-E-D comes to Sadler's Wells with Into the Hairy, worth seeing for extraordinary dancers and the idiosyncratic nature of her distinctive choreography.

***11

Sharon Eyal and Gail Behar's R.o.s.e: innovative, but disappointing

Graham Watts, 10th July

R.o.s.e is an immersive experience of a performance within a rave – not the most enjoyable way to appreciate the professional dancers.

**111

Norwegian National Ballet's Dialogues II: brief but brilliant

Graham Watts, 3rd April

A brief but excellent programme of five duets showcased on the main stage of the Den Norske Opera.

***11

Love, humour and drama at the Staatsballett Berlin

Vikki Jane Vile, 15th November

Staatsballett Berlin continue its run of this popular double bill, 2 Chapters Love, named after Sharon Eyal’s work and a follow up to 2017’s to Love Chapter 2.

****1

Flickers of human fragility: Staatsballett Berlin’s superb double bill

Katja Vaghi, 28th October

Dancers as athletic poets: Staatsballett Berlin in Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16 and Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar’s Saaba.

****1

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo dazzle in a new triple bill

Deborah Weiss, 24th April

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo presents three equally riveting ballets in a triple bill of abstract works from Christopher Wheeldon, Sharon Eyal/Gai Behar and Jean-Christophe Maillot.

****1

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Mark Vicente

Mark Vicente hails from Montreal, Canada and has lived in Amsterdam for the last 10 years. He has over 30 years of experience in the arts and entertainment industry. Mark graduated from Canada’s National Ballet School and was in the corps de ballet with The National Ballet of Canada. He also performed in the Toronto production of Disney’s The Lion King and spent two seasons at The Stratford Festival of Canada. Presently, Mark is completing his MA in Comparative Cultural Analysis at the University of Amsterdam. His Substack, Lives After Dark, focuses on creative fiction and reflective essays on Amsterdam’s nightlife scene.

NDT2 I dreamt, it was: a dynamic double bill from the junior company