Premiere

15 February 2006, Amsterdam

Company

Dutch National Ballet

Running time

20 minutes

Nr. of dancers

16

Six Piano Pieces
Dutch National Ballet (2006) | Photo: Angela Sterling
Six Piano Pieces
Dutch National Ballet (2006) | Photo: Angela Sterling
Six Piano Pieces
Dutch National Ballet (2006) | Photo: Angela Sterling
Six Piano Pieces
Dutch National Ballet (2006) | Photo: Angela Sterling
Six Piano Pieces
Dutch National Ballet (2006) | Photo: Angela Sterling

First cast

Yumiko Takeshima - Cédric Ygnace
Igone de Jongh - Alexander Zhembrovksyy

 

Emanouela Merdjanova, Julie Gardette, Denise Kromopawiro, Kim Vieira, Jaione Zabala, Wendy Paulusma, Sabri Ghalem-Chreif, François Rousseau, Rink Sliphorst, Nicholas Mishoe, Dario Mealli, Chai Shi

Music

Willem Frederik Bon - Tranquilo (Miniaturen Opus 8)
Louis Andriessen - Berceuse for Annie van Os; Deuxième chorale from the album The Memory of Roses
Johann Sebastian Bach - Contrapunctus 13 B; Contrapunctus alla Duodecima No. 9 from The Art of Fugue
Leos Janácek - Pianosonate 1.X.1905 'From the street', deel II: Death (adagio)

 

Credits

Set design

Keso Dekker

Costume design

Keso Dekker

Lighting design

Bert Dalhuysen