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The Hans van Manen Festival was staged by the Dutch National Ballet to celebrate the work of choreographer Hans van Manen for his 75th birthday, featuring guest artists from companies such as the Kirov Ballet, Bayerisches Staatsballett and Nederlands Dans Theater, performing Adagio Hammerklavier, Simple Things, Trois Gnossiennes, and 5 Tangos.

During this gala event, internationally renowned ballerinas Uliana Lopatkina, Lucia Lacarra and the brightest stars of Dutch dance including Larissa Lezhnina of Dutch National Ballet and Roger van der Poel of Nederlands Dans Theater, performed at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, in the presence of HRH Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and HRH Princess Maxima.


Choreography by
Hans van Manen


'ADAGIO HAMMERKLAVIER'

Performed by the Dutch National Ballet
Natalia Hoffmann
Tamás Nagy
Anna Tsygankova
Artem Yachmennikov
Larissa Lezhnina
Jozef Varga
Piano - Olga Khoziainova
Music - Ludwig van Beethoven: Adagio from the Hammerklavier Sonata



'SIMPLE THINGS'

Performed by the Nederlands Dans Theater II
Celia Amade
Nina Botkay
Javier Monzon
Roger van Der Poel
Music - Guy Klusevsek and Alan Bern: Scarlatti Fever
Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio nr. 28 in E major, Hoboken XV – Allegretto
Peteris Vasks: Balta ainava (Weisse Landschaft)



'TROIS GNOSSIENNES'

Performed by the Kirov Ballet
Uliana Lopatkina
Ivan Kozlov
Piano - Olga Khoziainova
Piano pushers – Dutch National Ballet
Rink Sliphorst
Peter Leung
Wolfgang Tietze
Music - Erik Satie: Trois Gnossiennes


'5 TANGOS'

Performed by Bayerisches Staatsballett
Lucia Lacarra
Alen Bottaini
Séverine Ferrolier - Olivier Vercoutère
Roberta Fernandes - Norbert Graf
Zuzana Zahradníková - Marlon Dino
Ilana Werner - Vittorio Alberton
Claudine Schoch - Filip Janda
Maira Fontes - Nour El Desouki
Music - Astor Piazzolla: Todo Buenos Aires, Mort Vayamos al diablo, Resurrección del angel, Buenos Aires hora cero
Performed live by Carel Kraayenhof y su Sexteto Canyengue


**BONUSES**

'TWILIGHT'
Performed by Dutch National Ballet
Igone de Jongh
Alexander Zhembrovskyy
Piano - Robert Greuter
Music - John Cage: The Perilous Night

INTERVIEWS

Hans van Manen with Rachel Beaujean (former ballerina with Dutch National Ballet and one of van Manen’s muses)

Ted Brandsen
Artistic Director, Dutch National Ballet

Natalia Hoffmann
Tamás Nagy
Larissa Lezhnina
Dutch National Ballet

Celia Amade
Roger van Der Poel
Nina Botkay
Javier Monzon
Nederlands Dans Theater II

Uliana Lopatkina
The Kirov Ballet, Mariinsky Theatre

Lucia Lacarra
Bayerisches Staatsballett

Igone de Jongh
Dutch National Ballet

Cast: Hans van Manen
Director(s): Altin Kaftira, Adrienne Liron, Jeff Tudor
Format: Colour
Region: 0 (all)
Discs: 1
Classification: Exempt
Running Time: 90 minutes
Studio: 3 Minutes West