March 2021
Hans van Manen Variations
Via two livestreams and two repetations at the end of February and the start of March, Dutch National Ballet presents six jewels from the rich and varied oeuvre of the Netherlands' most famous choreographer: Hans van Manen. In Hans van Manen Variations, two different casts of dancers will perform both globally performed 'evergreens' and more recent creations by the master choreographer, which may still be unknown to many.
Duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes
Oedipus Rex / From ‘Antigone’
DUE TO THE CURRENT CORONA MEASURES, WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY FORCED TO CANCEL ALL PERFORMANCES OF OEDIPUS REX / FROM 'ANTIGONE'. YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION HERE: OPERABALLET.NL/CORONA-UPDATE Ballet and opera together in a world premiere Opera and ballet join forces for this new production of Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex. In this unique artistic collaboration, the British choreographer and director Wayne McGregor bridges the world of classical tragedy with the language of contemporary ballet and 20th- and 21st-century music. Composer Samy Moussa wrote a penetrating and poignant response to Stravinsky’s masterpiece.
Oedipus Rex / From ‘Antigone’
DUE TO THE CURRENT CORONA MEASURES, WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY FORCED TO CANCEL ALL PERFORMANCES OF OEDIPUS REX / FROM 'ANTIGONE'. YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION HERE: OPERABALLET.NL/CORONA-UPDATE Ballet and opera together in a world premiere Opera and ballet join forces for this new production of Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex. In this unique artistic collaboration, the British choreographer and director Wayne McGregor bridges the world of classical tragedy with the language of contemporary ballet and 20th- and 21st-century music. Composer Samy Moussa wrote a penetrating and poignant response to Stravinsky’s masterpiece.
Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins
Have you ever had the feeling that there are two people living inside you who respond to the challenges you face in completely different ways? In the satirical music theatre piece Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins, star soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and renowned actress Anna Drijver embody two sides of the same young woman. In seven American cities, they come into contact with the seven deadly sins.
Duration: 0.40
upload - preview
What if eternal life were possible by the simple procedure of uploading your mind to the cloud? What would that mean for your humanity, your identity and your relationships with others? These questions are at the heart of Upload, Michel van der Aa’s newest opera. During OFF, we take you into the creative process of Upload and give you a preview. Later in the spring, a film version of the opera will follow, and eventually, so will a stage version.
Upload
Eternal life. It’s possible. As an upload, a digital version of ourselves. It might sound like science fiction. But developments in this area are racing ahead at warp speed. Upload investigates what this means for our ‘humanness’, our identity, and our relationship with others.
Duration: 1:20
April 2021
May 2021
Anna Bolena
‘Success, Trumph, Delirium!’ – the audience practically raised the roof at the premiere of Anna Bolena in 1830. With his melodious music, Donizetti transposed a historical situation into a world of intense emotion. He still manages to touch listeners as no other.
Duration: 3:30June 2021
The Dutch School
The Dutch School offers a perfect sampler of the best that Dutch dance has achieved: dance that puts simplicity, clarity, musicality and the expressive qualities of the individual dancer at the forefront. It invites you to experience an incredibly wide range of vibes and emotions. In The Dutch School, you will meet choreographers who made an important contribution to Dutch National Ballet: master choreographer Hans van Manen, associate artist David Dawson and three young choreographers, Wubkje Kuindersma, Remi Wortmeyer and Ernst Meisner, who are creating together a world premiere for The Dutch School.
