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Hans van Manen | |
John Armleder | |
Fastland/Ground | |
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Hans van Manen always wanted to be a dancer. He managed to become a pupil of Sonja Gaskell, but discovered soon that his talent as a choreographer surpassed his dancing ambitions. In 1955 he made Swing, a choreography for the Scapino ballet. It was the prelude for his first independent ballet Feestgericht (1957) which was the starting point of a long and successful career. From 1961 till 1971 he was artistic director and choreographer of the Netherlands Dance Theater and in 1973 he became director/choreographer of the National Ballet in Amsterdam. His work is on the repertory of over fourty international ballet companies. In total he made almost a hundred ballets, of which the National Ballet is still dancing thirty-six. Dancer: |
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