Ted Brandsen, the National Ballet’s new artistic director, was ready to welcome him with open arms and after eighteen years Van Manen returned as their regular choreographer. The first work he created for the company in this capacity were the Frank Bridge Variations, set to nine out of the eleven...

Giselle by A. Adam, from The Royal Ballet, performed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2016. Conductor Barry Wordsworth, starring Marianela Nuñez, Vadim Muntagirov, Eric Underwood, Gary Avis, Olivia Cowley, Itziar Mendizabal, Bennet Gartside, Elizabeth McGorian, Christina Arestis, Johannes Ste...

Maya Plisetskaya is one of the most outstanding dancer of the second half of the 20th century. Immediately after graduation from the Moscow Choreography School she became well-known, creating her own style which is characterized by a brilliant technique, elegance, perfection of each individual ge...

Maya Plisetskaya is one of the most outstanding dancer of the second half of the 20th century. Immediately after graduation from the Moscow Choreography School she became well-known, creating her own style which is characterized by a brilliant technique, elegance, perfection of each individual ge...

Maya Plisetskaya is one of the most outstanding dancer of the second half of the 20th century. Immediately after graduation from the Moscow Choreography School she became well-known, creating her own style which is characterized by a brilliant technique, elegance, perfection of each individual ge...

Maya Plisetskaya is one of the most outstanding dancer of the second half of the 20th century. Immediately after graduation from the Moscow Choreography School she became well-known, creating her own style which is characterized by a brilliant technique, elegance, perfection of each individual ge...

Maya Plisetskaya is one of the most outstanding dancer of the second half of the 20th century. Immediately after graduation from the Moscow Choreography School she became well-known, creating her own style which is characterized by a brilliant technique, elegance, perfection of each individual ge...

Igor Moiseyev Ballet Live in Paris by Various Composers, from Igor Moiseyev Ballet (State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble), 2011. Conductor Igor Moiseyev, starring Igor Moiseyev and Orchestra Of The Igor Moiseyev Ballet.

Exactly 20 years separate Jiří Kylián’s solo Silent Cries and his black-and-white film, Car Men, made in 2006 in collaboration with the Dutch filmmaker, Boris Paval Cone. What unites the two works is the sheer expressiveness of the dance on the one hand, and the distinctive facial gestures and bo...

La fille du Pharaon (The Pharaoh's Daughter) by C. Pugni, from Bolshoi Ballet, 2003. Conductor Alexander Sotnikov, starring Svetlana Zahkarova, Serguei Filin and Bolshoi Theatre Ballet & Orchestraalexander Sotnikov.

Paris Opera Ballet Master and choreographer Patrice Bart plunges into the Opera‘s past and brings Degas‘ famous statuette to life. From the rehearsal rooms to the Cabaret du Chat Noir, the ballet conjures up a colourful era and the lively backstage world of a theatre. The creation of La Petite Da...

Le Corsaire by A. Adam, from English National Ballet, performed at London Coliseum, 2014. conductor Gavin Sutherland, starring Michael Coleman, Alina Cojocaru, Vadim Muntagirov, Dmitri Gruzdyev, Erina Takahashi, Yonah Acosta and Junor Souza.

Le corsaire by A. Adam, from Vienna State Opera, performed at Wiener Staatsoper, 2016. Conductor Valery Ovsyanikov, starring Natascha Mair, Davide Dato, Maria Yakovleva, Liudmila Konovalova, Alice Firenze, Prisca Zeisel, Nina Tonoli, Robert Gabdullin, Kirill Kourlaev, Mihail Sosnovschi and Vienna...

Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring); The Firebird by I. Stravinsky, from Mariinsky Theatre Ballet, 2008.Conductor Valery Gergiev, starring Ekaterina Kondaurova, Ilya Kuznetsov, Vladimir Ponomarev, Elena Bazhenova, Alexandra Iosifidi, Marianna Pavlova and Mariinsky Orchestravalery Gergiev.

Les Flammes de Paris by B. Asafiev, from Bolshoi Ballet, performed at Bolshoi Theatre, 2010. Conductor Pavel Sorokin, starring Pavel Sorokin, Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev, Nina Kaptsova, Denis Savin, Anna Antonicheva, Yuri Klevtsov, Antoine Mistral, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra.

Les Indes Galantes by J. P. Rameau, from Bayerische Staatsoper, performed at National Theatre Munich, 2016. Directed by Sidi Labi Cherkaoui, conductor Ivor Bolton, starring Lisette Oropesa, Anna Prohaska, Ana Quintans, Cyril Auvity, Elsa Benoit,Goran Juric, Mathias Vidal, Tareq Nazmi and Francis ...

Le Villi by G.Puccini, from Opera di Firenze, performed at Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2019. Directed by Francesco Saponaro, conductor Marco Angius, starring Maria Teresa Leva, Leonardo Caimi, Elia Fabbian, Tony Laudadio. Performed in Italian and Subtitles in Italian, English, German, ...

Midsummer Night's Dream by M. Karlsson, from Royal Swedish Ballet, performed at Kungliga Operan, 2016. Starring Anna Von Hausswolff, Johnny Mcmillan, Daria Ivanova, A Bubbler, Jenny Nilsson, Ross Martinson, Lea Ved, Dragos Mihalcea, Sarah-Jane Brodbeck, Devon Carbon, Amanda Åkesson, Royal Swedish...

The myth surrounding the Thracian king's son Orpheus has provided artistic inspiration for numerous composers, painters and directors over the centuries. As a rule, the plots tend to focus on Orpheus' grief following the death of his wife Eurydice and his attempts to retrieve her from the underwo...

Paul Taylor Dance Company in Paris by Various Composers, from Paul Taylor Ballet Company, 2012. Conductor Neville Marriner, starring Jeffrey Smith, Amy Young, Michael Novak, Neville Marriner, Sean Mahoney, James Samson, Michael Trusnovec, Michael Apuzzo, Heather Mcginley, Michelle Fleet, Eran Bug...

Peer Gynt by E. Grieg, from Zurich Opera Ballet, performed at Zurich Opera House, 2008. Conductor Eivind Gullberg Jensen, starring Philipp Schepmann, Arman Grigoryan, Christiane Kohl, Marijn Rademaker, Julie Gardette, Huiling Zhu, Juliet Brunner, Sarah-Jane Brodbeck, Ana Carolina Quaresma, Agnies...

Jiří Kylián has already made many masterpieces, one of them the fascinating Sleepless, a creation for six young dancers in which the set plays an important part. It has a wall behind which dancers – or sometimes just parts of their bodies – appear, disappear and return. The set allows unexpected ...

Solo was created barely a year later, in January 1997, but does form the other end of Van Manen’s art of dancing. Made to measure for the junior troupe, it is a sparkling relay of three boys, alternating at breakneck speed, to two parts of Bach’s First Violin Partita. When this work opened, the a...

The Nutcracker by P. I. Tchaikovsky, from Staatsballett Berlin, performed at Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2014. Conductor Robert Reimer, starring Iana Salenko, Marian Walter, Linus Schmidt, Michael Banzhaf, Arshak Ghalumyan, Elena Iseki, Children's Choir of Deutsche Oper Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin Orc...