Nacho Duato back on stage at opening of Holland Dance Festival 2007
Opening Holland Dance Festival
October 30 will see the official opening of the eleventh edition of the Holland Dance Festival in the Lucent Danstheater in The Hague. A festive opening ceremony will precede the performance of Alas in which choreographer and dance icon Nacho Duato will dance the leading role. The ceremony will be lead by Alderman for culture Jetta Klijnsma, State Secretary Sharon Dijksma, and The Rt. Hon. Dame Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, and the highest-ranking diplomat in the Netherlands after Her Majesty Queen Beatrix. A few tickets are still available through the Haags Uitburo – 0900-8282000 (40 cents p.m.) or at www.hollanddancefestival.com.
Nacho Duato & Compañia Nacional de Danza
Jiří Kylián brought Nacho Duato to the Nederlands Dans Theater in 1980 where he achieved fame, first as a leading dancer of the company (and favorite with the audience), and later as resident choreographer. In 1990, he became the artistic director of the Compañía Nacional de Danza, established in Madrid, which grew into a veritable super group under his leadership. The last appearance in The Hague by Duato and his Compañía was at the sixth edition of the Holland Dance Festival in 1998. The production Alas (Wings) also offer the festival audience the chance to see the wonderful and charismatic Duato again in all his glory, as choreographer and dancer; a fitting start to the Holland Dance Festival 2007.
World premieres in the first week of the Holland Dance Festival
In the first week of the Holland Dance Festival will see three remarkable world premieres. The trademark of André Gingras is the combination of energetic, almost explosive dance, topical subjects, humor and absurdity. In his new choreography for the Holland Dance Festival, The Autopsy Project, he presents an image of the seduction and danger of knowlegde and technology. Choreographer Regina van Berkel created her first Holland Dance Festival production, triple-zone, together with renowned musicians David Kweksilber en Wim Vos (Anamadutchi). A performance in which music, dance, and image meet and challenge each other. Festival director Samuel Wuersten brought the Cathy Sharp Dance Ensemble from Switzerland in contact with four choreographers and the distinctive musical duo Stimmhorn, specialized in yodeling and alpine horn variations. The result is dance that is not only performd physically, but in an original mix of passion, humor, and irony, also visually set to music. For more information nd tickets, go to www.hollanddancefestival.com.
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