Premiere

15 February 2012, Amsterdam

Company

Dutch National Ballet

Running time

15 minutes

Nr. of dancers

4

Variations for Two Couples
Dutch National Ballet (2021) | Photo: Hans Gerritsen
Variations for two couples
Dutch National Ballet (2012) | Photo: Angela Sterling
Variations for two couples
Dutch National Ballet (2012) | Photo: Angela Sterling
Variations for two couples
Dutch National Ballet (2012) | Photo: Angela Sterling
Variations for two couples
Dutch National Ballet (2012) | Photo: Angela Sterling
Variations for two couples
Dutch National Ballet (2012) | Photo: Angela Sterling
Variations for Two Couples
Dutch National Ballet (2021) | Photo: Hans Gerritsen

First cast

Anna Tsygankova - Matthew Golding

Igone de Jongh - Jozef Varga

Music

Benjamin Britten - String Quartet in F majeur, part 2 (Andante)
Einojuhani Rautavaara - Pelimannit, Opus 1, part 2 (Kopsin Jonas)
Stefan Kovacs Tickmayer - Lasset uns den nicht zerteilen, after Johann Sebastian Bach
Astor Piazzolla - Melodía en la menor (Canto de Octubre), arrangement for Violin Solo and String Orchestra by Bob Zimmerman

 

Credits

Set design

Keso Dekker

Costume design

Keso Dekker

Lighting design

Bert Dalhuysen