Standby & She Remembers
Sol and Paul about the films “In three small weeks within the studios at Lucent Danstheater, we have choreographed not one, but two world premieres and filmed them with top quality to be shown to the world for this coming…
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Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT; literal translation Netherlands Dance Theatre) is a Dutch contemporary dance company. NDT is headquartered at the Amare building in The Hague. NDT also performs at other venues in the Netherlands, including Amsterdam’s Het Muziektheater and Nijmegen’s Stadsschouwburg.
Stop-Motion
In their 26 years as a choreographic duo, Sol León and Paul Lightfoot have built a rich repertoire of over fifty ballets which show a wide range of compelling pieces that, however diverse, share a strong, innovative artistic voice. Stop-Motion…
The Statement
In light of current events, the topicality of The Statement is probably what is most striking about Crystal Pite‘s new work, as the expression of the characters and their use of language are very much linked to our time. The…
Secus
Ohad Naharin made ‘Shalosh’ (three) in 2005. The ballet consists of three parts: ‘Bellus’ (beauty), ‘Humus’ (earth), and ‘Secus’ (this instead of that). ‘Secus’ was first performed separately in 2012 with NDT. The tripartite theological structure suggests a return to…
Birth-Day
Birth-day was inspired, in part, by Sabine Kupferberg, who is one of the performers, as well as Kylián’s wife. The music is by Mozart, and the dancers wear period costumes and wigs. The premise is that this is Sabine’s birthday,…
Into the Hairy
NDT and L-E-V Dance Company (LEV) come together to create a newly commissioned and yet unstaged version of Into the Hairy, originally created for 7 dancers of LEV (2023). Performance merges classical dance with underground club culture, to create a…
SH-Boom!
The dream of reason produces monsters. Imagination deserted by reason creates impossible, useless thoughts. United with reason imagination is the mother of all art and the source of all its beauty. – Francisco Goya Sol León and Paul Lightfoot created…
The Big Crying
Those who know Marco Goecke‘s works know that they always have to do with himself and with the time in which they were created. Perhaps The Big Crying is Goecke’s most personal piece, begun in Autumn 2020, shortly after the…
The Soldier’s Tale
Jiří Kylián feels a great affinity for Stravinsky, who, like himself, was forced to leave his homeland. He describes the composer’s music drama, L’Histoire du Soldat, as a ‘surrealistic fairy tale for grown-up children’. His version of the piece uses…