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Renewing controversial classics: Introdans' Russian Rumour

By Sanne Thierens, 19 June 2014
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Reviewed at Stadsschouwburg, Utrecht on 17 June 2014
Programme
Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
L'après-midi d'un faune
DANCE: Firebird, The
Performers
Introdans
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Sanne Thierens
Sanne Thierens
Sanne is passionate about music and theatre and interested in what happens when the two are combined. She studied Liberal Arts and Sciences with majors in Musicology, Theatre & Media Studies and Piano Performance. After completing her degree at University College Roosevelt (Middelburg, The Netherlands), Sanne moved to London where she obtained an MA degree in Musicology from King’s College, University of London.