Angela Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Maybe we could gather news about dance in the Netherlands here, as their two famous companies have announced their next season: Het Nationale with a Balanchine bill, Rudi van Dantzig's Romeo and Juliet, a Nutcracker by Wayne Eagling and Toer van Schayk, the world premiere of "Frida" by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Giselle, a triple bill by Wayne McGregor, David Dawson and Juanjo Arqués, and a Beethoven triple bill by Hans van Manen, Toer van Schayk and Wubkje Kuindersma/Ernst Meisner/Remi Wörtmeyer. https://www.operaballet.nl/en/program/ballet?filter=543 After a five year hiatus, Nederlands Dans Theater is dancing Kylián again!! For their 60th anniversary season, they show repertory by former directors Hans van Manen und Kylián, together with many new ballets by Lightfoot/León, Crystal Pite, Marco Goecke, Edward Clug, Damien Jalet, Medhi Walerksi, and repertory by Gabriela Carrizo, Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar, Yoann Bourgeois, Johan Inger and Ohad Naharin. They announce a tour to London https://www.ndt.nl/en/discover/news/ndt-celebrates-60-years.html 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Thanks Angela! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I wish they were bringing the Kylián programme to the UK rather than the León/Lightfoot/Pite/Goecke collaboration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 Wow, you're the first British person I know who wants to see Kylián... 😉 Somehow Clement Crisp and lots of bad reviews conveyed the impression that London hates the NDT. But they keep coming back, so I'm sure there is an audience for them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Angela said: Wow, you're the first British person I know who wants to see Kylián... That might change after I finally do see it! Edited February 28, 2019 by Lizbie1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 6 hours ago, Angela said: Wow, you're the first British person I know who wants to see Kylián... 😉 Somehow Clement Crisp and lots of bad reviews conveyed the impression that London hates the NDT. But they keep coming back, so I'm sure there is an audience for them. I love much of the Kylián choreography I have seen! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Very happy to see a Dutch Ballet thread. I'm seeing Swan Lake shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted June 23, 2019 Author Share Posted June 23, 2019 Daniel Camargo, who guested with the RB, has left Het Nationale to work freelance. He continues to be a Principal Guest Artist at Czech National Ballet at Prague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted July 4, 2019 Author Share Posted July 4, 2019 Coppelia, a new Animation and Ballet Film with Michaela DePrince and Darcey Bussell Dutch National Ballet announces the filming of Coppelia, an original family film based on the modern version of the ballet classic. In this unique international production, which combines animation and ballet, star ballerina of Dutch National Ballet Michaela DePrince dances the leading role, alongside Daniel Camargo. The cast also includes Igone de Jongh, principal dancer with Dutch National Ballet, the former Bolshoi Ballet and Royal Ballet star Irek Mukhamedov, the British ballet and television star Darcey Bussell, and Dutch dancer and actor Jan Kooijman. An international team of designers and animators is working on the production, shaping the characters and the story. Coppelia is directed by Jeff Tudor, Steven de Beul and Ben Tesseur. The choreographer is Ted Brandsen, director of Dutch National Ballet. The film is expected to be screened at the end of 2020. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 Emily Molnar, director of Ballet BC in Vancouver, was just appointed new Artistic Director of NDT https://twitter.com/NDTdance/status/1149305546203377665 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 I'm out of date with Nederlands Dans Theater. Has Paul Lightfoot stepped down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akh Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 On 28/02/2019 at 17:21, Jan McNulty said: I love much of the Kylián choreography I have seen! So do I. Symphony of Psalms in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 44 minutes ago, Jan McNulty said: I'm out of date with Nederlands Dans Theater. Has Paul Lightfoot stepped down? I've just done what I should have done in the first place and used google! Paul Lightfoot announced his intention to step down last October. He is AD until the end of the 19/20 season: https://www.ndt.nl/en/discover/news/paul.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 Igone de Jongh is retiring/leaving the Dutch National Ballet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 And NDT just released a HUGE archive of photos, texts and videos for their 60. birthday: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/nederlands-dans-theater 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 Dutch National Ballet season 2020-2021 https://youtu.be/fDDwIr1rSxI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 Sol León and Paul Lightfoot say goodbye to Nederlands Dans Theater: https://www.ndt.nl/en/discover/news/sol-paul-say-goodbye.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 14 minutes ago, Angela said: Sol León and Paul Lightfoot say goodbye to Nederlands Dans Theater: https://www.ndt.nl/en/discover/news/sol-paul-say-goodbye.html I find it a bit sad that NDT is losing the continuity from Kylian to Lightfoot and hopefully would have been beyond if Lightfoot had stayed on in an advisory capacity. I believe the incoming AD is also a choreographer so it seems a bit strange to me for the company to say they will not have a house choreographer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAX Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I think it's a very good decision for the company. A few years ago Jiri Kyliàn decided to remove all his pieces from the repertoire, we don't know what was behind this decision but at the end it was a good way to allow NDT to renew itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toursenlair Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 5 hours ago, Jan McNulty said: I believe the incoming AD is also a choreographer so it seems a bit strange to me for the company to say they will not have a house choreographer. Yes, Emily Molnar is a choreographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share Posted June 14, 2020 Scapino Ballet from Rotterdam is in danger of losing its funding by the state - they have a petition online https://www.scapinoballet.nl/en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted July 14, 2020 Author Share Posted July 14, 2020 JAKOB FEYFERLIK NEW PRINCIPAL WITH DUTCH NATIONAL BALLET https://www.operaballet.nl/en/news/2020/07/jakob-feyferlik-new-principal-dutch-national-ballet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 As choreographers Sol León and Paul Lightfoot and some of their important dancers say goodbye to NDT, they released two movies on their website and on their Youtube channel: https://www.ndt.nl/en/ndtv/ https://www.youtube.com/user/neddanstheater It would have been their 60th anniversary season, the tour with "Kunstkamer" was cancelled and also the return of Jiri Kyliáns works. From 20/21, Emily Molnar takes over as director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 Dutch National Ballet in 2021/22 - with a new "Raymonda" by Rachel Beaujean https://www.operaballet.nl/en/het-nationale-ballet/producties-seizoen-2021-2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Another new Raymonda? What is it about this usually-overlooked ballet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 the DNB Raymonda sounds like a traditional classical ballet version (hoorah!) Raymonda MARIUS PETIPA, PRODUCTIE EN ADDITIONELE CHOREOGRAFIE RACHEL BEAUJEAN Grand new production of a famous ballet classic For the first time in the Netherlands: Marius Petipa’s legendary ballet Raymonda, a completely new version by Associate Artistic director Rachel Beaujean. Her interpretation of this large-scale production, which presents the classical ballet technique in its most pure and demanding form, adds a surprising new change to the story. Jérôme Kaplan, known for his beautiful designs among which those for Don Quichot, will design the sets and costumes. February 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 On 11/05/2021 at 23:05, alison said: Another new Raymonda? What is it about this usually-overlooked ballet? Glorious music and a storyline ‘waiting’ to be re-configured? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 Yes, the music is glorious, so beautiful. But well, do I really want to see the ice queen that Raymonda has become in Soviet and French versions? I liked the innocent girl in white in Vikharev's reconstruction at Milano, what a difference... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Angela said: Yes, the music is glorious, so beautiful. But well, do I really want to see the ice queen that Raymonda has become in Soviet and French versions? I liked the innocent girl in white in Vikharev's reconstruction at Milano, what a difference... Ray Barra’s version for Munich looks interesting too. Although I haven’t seen the full version ... only clips. From Lauretta Summerscales https://www.instagram.com/tv/CCa7atYAAxt/?igshid=thxe23qaklg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted January 12, 2023 Author Share Posted January 12, 2023 Nanine Linning new artistic director Scapino Ballet Rotterdam Dutch choreographer Nanine Linning will be the new artistic director of Scapino Ballet Rotterdam. She succeeds Ed Wubbe who set the artistic course for thirty years. Ed Wubbe will remain with Scapino as artistic director until December 2024. Nanine Linning was already resident choreographer at Scapino from 2001 to 2006, after which she founded her own dance company. She will start in August 2024 alongside Ed Wubbe, who will step down at the end of December 2024. In the years 2023 and 2024 she will already be intensively involved in, among other things, developing the new four-year policy plan 2025 - 2028. Nanine Linning has gained international recognition over the past twenty years with her large multidisciplinary productions that combine dance and opera, design, fashion and visual art. With her strong visual language and explosive dance, she reaches a wide audience, which also follows her faithfully in the Netherlands. Performances such as Bacon, Requiem and Zero have received international acclaim. Nanine Linning works closely with various internationally renowned artists such as Teodor Currentzis, Alexandros Tsolakis, Yuima Nakazato, Alexey Retinsky and Studio Drift. Her collaborations with Iris van Herpen and Bart Hess led to exhibitions in several museums. From 2009 to 2018, Linning was artistic director of the dance companies of Theater Osnabrück and Theater und Orchester Heidelberg where she was also co-founder of a production house and a festival. Since then she has worked with companies such as Boston Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Bavarian State Opera and Ballet and musicaeterna, as well as with the Dutch National Touring Opera and the Netherlands Chamber Choir in collaboration with her own German dance company. Nanine Linning becomes the fifth artistic director in the 76-year existence of Scapino, the oldest dance company in the Netherlands. In 1945, Scapino was founded as a youth dance company by Ms. Hans Snoek. She was succeeded in 1970 by Armando Navarro, who introduced such major family performances as The Nutcracker and Pulcinella. After a two-year leadership by Nils Christe, Ed Wubbe became artistic director in 1993. Under Ed Wubbe's leadership, Scapino grew into a high-profile and innovative contemporary dance company. With his large-scale thematic productions in which he merged multiple disciplines, he enriched dance and managed to bring it to a large audience. In addition, he has given many young talents a prominent place in the company. Ed Wubbe created more than seventy choreographies for Scapino, including such successful pieces as Pearl, TING! and Oscar. Fatimazhra Belhirch, Chair of the Supervisory Board of Scapino Ballet Rotterdam: "With the appointment of Nanine, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam can start preparing for a new, exciting chapter in its nearly 80-year existence. The Supervisory Board is confident that Nanine, in close cooperation with the passionate and professional team of Scapino, will be able to further develop the position of the company in the city of Rotterdam and that the repertoire will attract many audiences on the many Dutch stages that Scapino visits every year. The international ambitions will also be further expanded under the leadership of Nanine Linning. The Supervisory Board is looking forward to working with Nanine." Nanine Linning: "I feel honored to write a new chapter in the history of this adventurous company. Thinking outside the box, collaborating with other disciplines and sensing the Zeitgeist are qualities of Scapino that I feel strongly connected to. I look forward to working in culturally vibrant Rotterdam and sharing our passion for the art of dance with a wide (inter)national audience." https://www.scapinoballet.nl/en/nanine-linning-new-artistic-director-scapino-ballet-rotterdam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 Season 2023/2024 at Dutch National Ballet: https://www.operaballet.nl/en/nieuw-seizoen-2324/het-nationale-ballet 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaC Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 3 hours ago, Angela said: Season 2023/2024 at Dutch National Ballet: https://www.operaballet.nl/en/nieuw-seizoen-2324/het-nationale-ballet There are some rather tempting programmes eg Raymonda (December), Giselle (october;), 2 Ratmansky ballets to Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss, The Firebird (June), a Dutch triple: ballets by Kylian, Van Manen, David Dawson , Milena Sidorova (April); the (full length) Frida (February). There's less Balanchine than DNB sometimes offers, but the amazingly modern Four Temperaments is in a quadruple bill that includes ballets by Van Manen and Brandsen. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Thank you Angela and Sheila. What an amazing season...I am going to have to get to Amsterdam a few times! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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