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Nederlands Dans Theater's intriguing Sehnsucht/Schmetterling

By Isabella Zijp, 16 December 2014
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“Ema Yuasa and Medhi Walerski make Schmetterling enduringly absorbing and compelling.”
Reviewed at Lucent Danstheater, The Hague on 13 December 2014
Programme
Schmetterling (Sol León, Paul Lightfoot)
Sehnsucht (Sol León, Paul Lightfoot)
Performers
Nederlands Dans Theater | NDT 1
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Isabella Zijp
Isabella Zijp
Isabella Zijp is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Bachtrack and other dance platforms. She shares her passion for ballet through writing, giving guided tours and conducting short presentations. In daily life she works as an editor and online marketeer while also writing about her other passion: travelling.