8 companies celebrate Hans van Manen's 90th birthday | Dutch National Ballet

Hans van Manen is internationally recognised as one of the great masters of contemporary ballet and today he celebrates his 90th birthday. As a tribute to this milestone, Dutch National Ballet organised the Hans van Manen Festival throughout the month of June. SUBSCRIBE to our channel for new video's every week: http://bit.ly/YoutubeNOB

4 unique programmes, 19 groundbreaking works, 8 (inter)national companies and ensembles and 1 iconic choreographer. We followed the entire festival behind the scenes, talked to his partner, his friends, the dancers and the artistic directors.

Companies
Dutch National Ballet, Junior Company, Nederlands Dans Theater 1 & 2, Introdans, Ballett am Rhein, Stuttgarter Ballett and Wiener Staatsballett.

Program 1
Metaforen - Dutch National Ballet
Sarcasmen - Dutch National Ballet
Frank Bridge Variations - Dutch National Ballet

Program 2
Polish Pieces - Introdans
Trois gnossiennes - Dutch National Ballet
Situation - NDT 1
Two Pieces for HET - Dutch National Ballet
Two Gold Variations - Dutch National Ballet

Program 3
Adagio Hammerklavier - Dutch National Ballet
Simple Things - NDT 2
Dances with Piano - Ballett am Rhein
Symphonieën der Nederlanden - Dutch National Ballet
5 Tango's - Dutch National Ballet

Program 4
Four Schumann Pieces - Wiener Staatsballett
In the Future - Junior Company of Dutch National Ballet
Variations for two couples - Dutch National Ballet
Solo - Stuttgarter Ballett
Concertante - Dutch National Ballet

Music
Louis Andriessen, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Benjamin Britten, David Byrne, Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur, Henryk Mikolaj Górecki, Joseph Haydn, Guy Klucevsek & Alan Bern, Frank Martin, Carlos Micháns, Frederic Mompou, Arvo Pärt, Astor Piazzolla, Robert Schumann, Erkki- Sven Tüür, Peteris Vasks, Jacob ter Veldhuis en Heitor Villa-Lobos

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