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Choreographer Ernst Meisner: 'What works for me is an empty studio where I turn on the music at night and walk around for a hundred hours'

by Eline Crijns
2 June 202130 March 2022
9 min read
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Choreographer Ernst Meisner (1982) is artistic coordinator of the Dutch National Ballet's Junior Company and artistic director of the National Ballet Academy. As a former dancer, he knows that you have to get out of the rehearsal studio, onto the stage. That's why he makes sure his dancers and dancers-in-training keep dancing in front of an audience as much as possible, even if the performances are online because of corona. 'I...

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Vulnerable surrender for NDT2 in Significant Moments

by Ruben Brugman
17 November 201825 November 2018
4 min read
DANS, PODIUM ART

Moving. Before Significant Moments begins, the brisk Fernando Hernando Magadan presents himself as the new artistic director of NDT2. Applause in the auditorium. But the reason he stands behind a lectern with a huge flower arrangement is to pay tribute to the retiring artistic director: Gerald Tibbs. Gerald Tibbs. The peerless dancer everyone could walk away from

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Spirit of Trump haunts press presentation National Opera & Ballet

by Thea Derks
21 February 20178 March 2017
4 min read
DANS, OPERA

'Before we start the actual presentation, let me give you some facts & figures,' says Els van der Plas, general director of the National Opera & Ballet. 'No, not the alternative facts,' she adds wittily. The ghost of the US president will be through the Stopera even more this afternoon. Van der Plas recalls the successes that...

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Charm and muscle at final performance of dance courses

by Ruben Brugman
10 July 201630 March 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, DANS, PODIUM ART

Overwhelming final performances from the dance departments of the Royal Conservatoire and the National Ballet Academy shed light on young talent. And at the courses themselves.

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National Opera and Ballet 2016-17: Back to normal

by Thea Derks
15 February 201616 February 2016
3 min read
ACTUAL, DANS, MUSIC, OPERA

'In the new season, we go back to normal,' Pierre Audi said on Monday 15 February during the presentation of the new season of The National Opera. He does, however, continue the forward-looking Opera Forward Festival, which was set up to mark its 50th anniversary. There are also quite a few new own productions on the roll, including the world premiere of...

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Surfer dances against AIDS and now celebrates at The Concertgebouw

by Ruben Brugman
28 May 201430 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, DANS

A surfing Dutch marketing guy noticed in South Africa that a disease was thinning the population indiscriminately. That made him care. Now, as an undisputed highlight, dance4life is celebrating its tenth anniversary at The Concertgebouw Amsterdam.

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6 Tips voor een succesvol gala. (Balletgala van het Dansersfonds ‘79)

by Ruben Brugman
21 January 201430 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, DANS

Een gala moet feestelijk zijn. Dus was het Balletgala van Stichting Dansersfonds ’79 feestelijk. Maandag 20 januari 2014 vond het 17e gala van het fonds plaats in het DeLaMar theater in Amsterdam, het glamourbolwerk van Joop van den Ende.

Een paar tips voor een succesvol gala.

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Talent development new buzzword in dance world: 3 encouraging initiatives

by Ruben Brugman
14 November 201330 March 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, DANS

The fact that it is difficult to get a job after graduation is also well known in the dance world. Therefore, partly at the government's insistence, companies are putting in on talent development. They also hope to A better connection with schools. Jun dancers are now more likely to be on the front line of ballet: the theatre, and that is good news for audiences. Because the energy is fresh and the level has shot up considerably.

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