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About Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

All rights reserved. UEN: 199205206GInformation correct at time of print.Please note that photographs and videos of patrons may be taken at this event for use in our archival and publicity material.

1 Esplanade Drive, Singapore 038981 Tel: 6828 8222 Fax: 6337 3633Customer Service Hotline: 6828 8377 SISTIC Hotline: 6348 5555

Board Members

Esplanade is a proud member of

Association of Asia Pacific Performing Art Centreswww.aappac.net

Mr Lee Tzu Yang (Chairman) Mr Benson Puah (Chief Executive Officer)Dr Beh Swan Gin Mrs Rosa Daniel

Mrs Christine Ong Mr Ramlee Bin Buang Ms Saw Phaik HwaMrs Mildred Tan-Sim Beng MeiMr Yap Chee MengMr Andre Yeap

Esplanade is Singapore’s national performing arts centre and one of the busiest arts centres in the world. Since its opening in 2002, the centre has presented more than 31,000 performances, drawing an audience of 22 million patrons and 84 million visitors. This architectural icon, with its distinctive twin shells, houses world-class performance spaces complemented by a comprehensive range of professional support services. Its two main venues are the 1,600-seat Concert Hall and a Theatre with a capacity of 2,000. In March 2014, Esplanade’s Concert Hall was listed as one of the “world’s 15 most beautiful concert halls” by Hamburg-based building data company Emporis.

Esplanade’s vision is to be a performing arts centre for everyone and it seeks to enrich the lives of its community through the arts. The centre’s programming is guided by its mission – to entertain, engage, educate and inspire. Its year-long arts calendar of about 3,000 performances presented by Esplanade, its collaboration partners and hirers cater to diverse audiences in Singapore and span different cultures, languages and genres including dance, music, theatre, visual arts and more. More than 70% of the shows that take place each year at the centre are non-ticketed. In May 2015, Esplanade was chosen as one of SG Heart Map’s 50 special places.

Esplanade regularly presents world-renowned companies and artists that attract international attention and add to Singapore’s cultural vibrancy. The centre is also a popular performance home for arts groups and commercial presenters who hire its venues to stage a wide range of programmes. These carefully curated presentations complement Esplanade’s own diverse offerings for audiences.

Esplanade works in close partnership with local, regional and international artists to develop artistic capabilities, push artistic boundaries and engage audiences. The centre supports the creation of artistic content and develops technical capabilities for the industry nationally.

Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay is operated by The Esplanade Co Ltd, which is a not-for-profit organisation, a registered Charity and an Institution of a Public Character.

Visit www.esplanade.com for more information.

Ms Kathy LaiDr Jennifer Lee

Where has the time gone? da:ns festival turns 10 this year and it seems like only yesterday when we presented our first edition.

At da:ns festival, our sense of time shifts. As we watch bodies move on stage, or as we ourselves dance, time as we know it, is suspended, and we become attuned to time driven by the body and its unique rhythms in movement. Over the years, we hope the festival has given you several experiences and memories that have expanded your sense of movement, and opened you up to different expressions of dance.

The festival team has had the pleasure of creating this dedicated event, growing a myriad of platforms in our festival that support the development of dance. To encourage more people of all ages to try dancing, we have worked with Singapore dance studios to provide fun and easy dance lessons that everyone can enjoy both inside our rehearsal studio, outdoors along our waterfront and around Singapore. Last year, we welcomed over 28,000 participants to these sessions and the overall da:ns festival has doubled in audience size since it’s first year.

To support the creation of new dance works, da:ns festival commissions, co-produces and provides residencies for artists. This has led to long-lasting relationships with artists we deeply admire for their dedication and creativity, and enabled 23 new dance creations, the majority from Asian dance-makers. So this year, for our special 10th anniversary, we have invited several of these artists to celebrate this special occasion with us, some of whom are marking significant milestones in their own personal careers. We host the legendary Sylvie Guillem, who returns to da:ns festival with her final world tour before retiring from 35 years of dancing, while Singapore choreographer Kuik Swee Boon creates a work that brings together leading dance-makers in their 40s back to the stage. The festival would have not been possible without our supportive audience of dance lovers, the dance-makers who continually inspire us, our festival sponsors and partners who have shared our belief in the significance of dance in our lives, and our group of dedicated festival volunteers—the da:ns Kaki Ambassadors.

With deep gratitude to everyone—thank you for being part of 10 years of da:ns festival together.

Faith TanProducerda:ns festival

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About Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

All rights reserved. UEN: 199205206GInformation correct at time of print.Please note that photographs and videos of patrons may be taken at this event for use in our archival and publicity material.

1 Esplanade Drive, Singapore 038981 Tel: 6828 8222 Fax: 6337 3633Customer Service Hotline: 6828 8377 SISTIC Hotline: 6348 5555

Board Members

Esplanade is a proud member of

Association of Asia Pacific Performing Art Centreswww.aappac.net

Mr Lee Tzu Yang (Chairman) Mr Benson Puah (Chief Executive Officer)Dr Beh Swan Gin Mrs Rosa Daniel

Mrs Christine Ong Mr Ramlee Bin Buang Ms Saw Phaik HwaMrs Mildred Tan-Sim Beng MeiMr Yap Chee MengMr Andre Yeap

Esplanade is Singapore’s national performing arts centre and one of the busiest arts centres in the world. Since its opening in 2002, the centre has presented more than 31,000 performances, drawing an audience of 22 million patrons and 84 million visitors. This architectural icon, with its distinctive twin shells, houses world-class performance spaces complemented by a comprehensive range of professional support services. Its two main venues are the 1,600-seat Concert Hall and a Theatre with a capacity of 2,000. In March 2014, Esplanade’s Concert Hall was listed as one of the “world’s 15 most beautiful concert halls” by Hamburg-based building data company Emporis.

Esplanade’s vision is to be a performing arts centre for everyone and it seeks to enrich the lives of its community through the arts. The centre’s programming is guided by its mission – to entertain, engage, educate and inspire. Its year-long arts calendar of about 3,000 performances presented by Esplanade, its collaboration partners and hirers cater to diverse audiences in Singapore and span different cultures, languages and genres including dance, music, theatre, visual arts and more. More than 70% of the shows that take place each year at the centre are non-ticketed. In May 2015, Esplanade was chosen as one of SG Heart Map’s 50 special places.

Esplanade regularly presents world-renowned companies and artists that attract international attention and add to Singapore’s cultural vibrancy. The centre is also a popular performance home for arts groups and commercial presenters who hire its venues to stage a wide range of programmes. These carefully curated presentations complement Esplanade’s own diverse offerings for audiences.

Esplanade works in close partnership with local, regional and international artists to develop artistic capabilities, push artistic boundaries and engage audiences. The centre supports the creation of artistic content and develops technical capabilities for the industry nationally.

Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay is operated by The Esplanade Co Ltd, which is a not-for-profit organisation, a registered Charity and an Institution of a Public Character.

Visit www.esplanade.com for more information.

Ms Kathy LaiDr Jennifer Lee

Esplanade’s da:ns festival programming team (L–R: Marlene Ditzig, Iris Cheung, Faith Tan, Emily J Hoe, Rydwan Anwar, Christel Hon & Shireen Abdullah. Not in photo: Suhana Laila Abdul Shukur, Fezhah Maznan & Joyce Yao)

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DANS TheATeR Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) is one of the world’s leading contemporary dance companies, under the artistic guidance of choreographer Paul Lightfoot. NDT is based in The Hague, but performs on a yearly basis for an international audience worldwide in Europe, the USA, Asia and Australia. Since its foundation in 1959, this rebellious pioneering company has built a rich repertoire of over 600 ballets, by master choreographers Jiří Kylián and Hans van Manen, renowned house choreographers Sol León & Paul Lightfoot, associate choreographers Crystal Pite, and Marco Goecke and high-profile guests such as Johan Inger, Gabriela Carrizo, Hofesh Shechter and Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar.

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In 1978, NDT founded a junior division specifically focusing on talent development. Over a period of three years, NDT 2 prepares sixteen classically trained dancers from around the world for NDT 1. Both companies are celebrated as two of the world’s most distinctive dance ensembles. NDT 2’s varied repertoire consists of work by established choreographers as well as upcoming talents, such as Jiří Pokorný, Imre van Opstal and Marne van Opstal. One of the objectives of NDT 2, is to acquaint the dancers with a lexicon of dance languages. Working together with young choreographers, the company offers the dancers the opportunity to work within a range of styles and genres in which technique is a means to the goal of getting to their artistic core as dancers and performers in general. NDT is keen on creating crossovers with various art forms along the choreography by involving visual art, music composition, and innovative light and set designs. These elements all come together in NDT’s home base, the Lucent Danstheater in The Hague in the Netherlands.

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“The dancers are beautifully articulated, knife-edge virtuosi, with an assurance that belies their youth.” – Dancing Times

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Schubert premiered during the anniversary performance 25 Years León & Lightfoot. This pas de deux, danced on a piece of music by Schubert is, besides being an emotional ballet exuding a love story between a man and a woman, a highly technical work that emphasizes NDT 2’s extraordinary talent level.

“..all of {león and lightfoot’s} characteristics can be found in the duet Schubert and the quartet Some other Time (with eight shadow dancers) ranging from grinning humor to deep melancholy..” – volkskrant

MusicSchubert: String quintet in C - Adagio

Costumes / decorSol León and Paul Lightfoot

LightTom Bevoort

World premiere4 November 2014, Theater aan het Spui, The Hague

Duration6 minutes

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MusicMax Richter: Thermodynamics; I was just thinking; Broken Symmetries for Y; When

the northern lights / Jasper and Louise; A sudden Manhattan of the mind;

This Picture of us. P.; Found song for P.; H thinks a journey; Lullaby from the

Westcoast sleepers; So long Orpheus; Mercy (violin by Hilary Hahn & piano by

Cory Smythe)

Costumes / decorSol León and Paul Lightfoot

LightTom Bevoort

World premiere4 November 2014,

Theater aan het Spui, The Hague

Duration24 minutes

Some Other Time premiered at the anniversary performance 25 Years León & Lightfoot. A white floor and black decor pieces that seemingly float across the stage, highlight the contrast between the feeling of oppression and breaking free that the dancers poignantly portray in this ballet. All dressed in black and with a wide variety of pas de deux and solos, Some Other Time is an extraordinary exercise for the NDT 2 dancers in the emotional dance language that is characteristic of choreographers Sol León and Paul Lightfoot.

“The juniors already have their own, significant style, full of vigor, extraordinary flexibility and exceptional passion. The group impresses by strength, cogency and talent.” – le Quotidien

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MusicNew composition PErpeTuumOVIAby Milko Lazar

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Decor and costumesEdward Clug

World premiere19 March 2015, Lucent Danstheater, The Hague

Duration 13 minutes

Edward Clug’s choreography is detailed and sharply defined. Often at times, its most distinguishing feature tends to be twitchiness where the bodies flick and jerk so extremely and frequently that it can be interpreted as punctuation; a certain acknowledgment of the beat. As a choreographer, Clug is interested in highlighting the dancer’s individual experience by keeping it fresh in its approach. By doing so, his work leans towards emphasizing a personal experience that arises from the process of creation that is led by illuminating human contradictions, imparting surprising moments of beauty and spontaneous irony.

“NDT 2 is a distinct phenomenon, and phenomenal” – The independent

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MusicComposition by Ori Lichtik;The Knife - From off to on

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Costumes / decorSharon Eyal & Gai Behar

World premiere4 April 2013, Lucent Danstheater

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Duration10 minutes

“every time NDT 2 hits our stages, the usual

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Israeli creators Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar have been an innovative pair in the contemporary dance world for years. For this creation for NDT 2 they worked with long term collaborator and musician Ori Lichtik. In these multi-disciplinary efforts movement, sound and lighting stand side by side, creating pieces that exceed the borders of ‘traditional’ contemporary dance and turn all the elements into equal protagonists.

Sara was created in 2013 and has been composed for NDT 2 especially. The choreography revolves around memories, dreams, emotions, inspiration, loneliness, sorrow, and sharing. “It springs from the subconscious, but is very humane at the same time”, says choreographer Sharon Eyal. The mysterious dream world originates fully from the creators’ feelings and intuitions.

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MusicJoseph Haydn: sonate no V “Sitio” from Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze, Hoboken XX, 1B; Ludwig van Beethoven: string quartet no. 9 in C, Opus 59, section from: Andante con moto quasi allegretto; Franz Schubert: Presto from stringquartet Der Tod und das Mädchen, arranged for orchestra by Andy Stein and for stringquartet by Gustav Mahler; Allegro by Joseph Haydn from string quartets Opus 9, no 6 in A major.

String quartet recorded by Harmen Straatman: Tinta Smidt von Altenstadt (first violin), Saskia Viersen (second violin), David Marks (alto violin), Artur Trajko (cello)

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MusicJoseph Haydn: sonate no V “Sitio” from Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze, Hoboken XX, 1B; Ludwig van Beethoven: string quartet no. 9 in C, Opus 59, section from: Andante con moto quasi allegretto; Franz Schubert: Presto from stringquartet Der Tod und das Mädchen, arranged for orchestra by Andy Stein and for stringquartet by Gustav Mahler; Allegro by Joseph Haydn from string quartets Opus 9, no 6 in A major.

String quartet recorded by Harmen Straatman: Tinta Smidt von Altenstadt (first violin), Saskia Viersen (second violin), David Marks (alto violin), Artur Trajko (cello)

In Cacti, Ekman turns his keen eye upon the scene that birthed him: contemporary dance itself. A gleeful and knowing parody of the art form’s greater excesses, Cacti is an affectionate, pointed and often hilarious deconstruction of the affectations of dance.

Sixteen dancers stand, seemingly trapped, on oversized Scrabble tiles. While a string quartet plays, and spoken recordings give tongue-in-cheek narration of the action, the dancers run, fall, writhe and try to escape their invisible prisons; eventually—and this is the important bit—they each acquire a cactus. But what does it all mean?

Cacti was created in 2010 and is one of Ekman’s most succesful pieces.

It was given as a gift from Queen Beatrice of Holland to the royalties of Norway on a state visit in Oslo 2010. The piece was also nominated for the pristigeous Swan award for best new dance production in the Netherlands 2010.

LightTom Visser

Decor / costumesAlexander Ekman

LyricsSpenser Theberge

World premiere25 February 2010,Lucent Danstheater, The Hague

Duration27 minutes

“ekman has pulled off one of the most difficult challenges in dance, which is to be genuinely funny. cacti is a delight: witty, effervescent, playful, surreal and joyously physical.” – The Australian

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geRAlD TibbSArtistic Director of Nederlands Dans Theater 2

Gerald Tibbs was born in Richmond, Virginia, USA. At the age of 19, he attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, where he enrolled in the drama department. Soon thereafter, he switched to the dance department and a year later he joined the North Carolina School Company. He danced with them for a period of two years. Then he went to New York for further training with David Howard.

In 1975 he joined the Nederlands Dans Theater and has since danced with the company for 15 years, working with significant choreographers as Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Glenn Tetley, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Christopher Bruce and Nacho Duato. In 1990 Gerald Tibbs was appointed artistic director of Nederlands Dans Theater 2.

In 1986 Nancy Euverink was a Prix de Lausanne finalist, after which she attended the Summer Dance Program of Boston Ballet and performed with Boston Ballet 2 and 1. She joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in 1987 and NDT 1 in 1989 until 2007. Euverink was awarded the award of achievement by Dancers Foundation ’79 in January 2005. Euverink has danced choreographies of renowned choreographers such as Jirí Kylián, Mats Ek, Hans van Manen, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Nacho Duato, Jorma Elo and also the duo Lightfoot & León.

After her dancing career she traveled around the world staging choreographies of Jirí Kylián, Lightfoot & León and Jorma Elo for diverse and international ballet companies. Euverink has been the Director of the Dance Department of the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague since September 2011 until 2014.

Since August 2014 she has worked as assistant to the artistic leader of NDT 2.

Peter Chu began his training as a competitive gymnast, later nurturing his artistry at Dussich Dance Studio where his evolution into a dancer began. As a BFA student at The Juilliard School (under the direction of Benjamin Harkarvy), Chu was pushed further as a technical mover and began an explosive journey into choreography. Upon graduation, he was awarded the Hector Zaraspe Prize for Choreography.

As a performer, Chu has danced with BJM _Danse, as the lead in Christina Perri’s Jar of Hearts music video, in Celine Dion’s Las Vegas spectacular A New Day, and with Crystal Pite’s company, Kidd Pivot. In 2008, Chu formed a Las Vegas project-based company, chuthis. His multi-disciplinary dance company combines innovative lighting and sound with live contemporary theatrical movement. Works include: Smile Masking (2015), Face Her (2015), and Nothing Sticks (2011).

Recipient of the prestigious 2010 Capezio A.C.E. Award for Choreography, Chu has created for Naomi Stikeman’s Çaturn (consulted by Robert Lepage), and for the ninth and 10th seasons of So You Think You Can Dance. Chu has created pieces for companies such as Orlando Ballet Theatre, Houston Met Dance Company, and Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) Summer Intensive (2013 & 2014). In August 2015 Chu started as the repetitor for Nederlands Dans Theater 2.

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Sol leóN Choreographer & Artistic Advisor

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In their 25 years as a choreographic duo Sol León and Paul Lightfoot have built a rich repertoire of over fifty ballets which show a wide range of compelling pieces that, however diverse, share a strong, innovative artistic voice. They have mastered a powerful, yet tender and sometimes humorous dance aesthetic that is consistently rooted in emotion and often leans on theatrical aspects. As house choreographers of NDT since 2002, the artistic voyage of both choreographers and their partnership, is a celebration of their unpredictable and idiosyncratic style, and their inexhaustible work ethic. León and Lightfoot have shown no fear in bearing their fragility, their euphoria or their personal struggles through their work. By doing so they have given colour to the company as one that is not afraid to take artistic risks and that pushes the boundaries of creativity, highlighting NDT as one of the best modern dance companies on national and international level.

Sol León (Córdoba, Spain) and Paul Lightfoot (Kingsley, England) started creating together 25

years ago. Since then the duo have created more than fifty pieces for Nederlands Dans Theater. In 2002 they were appointed house choreographers for the company exclusively. Together they have won prestigious awards, such as the Benois de la Danse and the Herald Archangel.

Sol León joined NDT 2 after graduating from the National Ballet Academy of Madrid in 1987. Two years later she joined NDT 1 and danced masterpieces of Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Mats Ek and Ohad Naharin. She continued to dance up until 2003, when she decided to fully devote herself to choreography. León became artistic advisor for NDT in 2012.

Paul Lightfoot studied at the Royal Ballet School in London. He joined NDT 2 and moved to NDT 1 two years later, where he danced until 2008. During his dancing career, Lightfoot started choreographing and together with Sol León he created many pieces for NDT. Lightfoot became artistic director of NDT in 2011.

Awards and HonoursIncentive Prize for Choreography of the Amsterdam Art Prize for Seconds (1992)Nomination Laurence Olivier Award for Best Dance Production for SH-Boom (1994)Lucas Hoving Prize 1994 (Paul Lightfoot)Incentive Prize Choreography 1997 of Stichting Dansersfonds ’79 (Paul Lightfoot)VSCD Golden Theatre Dance Prize 2002 (Paul Lightfoot)Merit Award 2003 of Stichting Dansersfonds’79 (Sol León)VSCD Dance Award Zwaan 2003-2004 for Shutters Shut and Subject to Change Benois de la Danse 2005 for Signing OffHerald Archangel, Edinburgh International Festival 2006VSCD Dance Award Zwaan 2005-2006 for Shoot the Moon

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Alexander Ekman calls himself a ”rhythm freak”, as one of his trademarks is designing contemporary soundscapes. This choreography, for which he merely used classical music, resulted in a new arrangement of Schubert’s Der Tod und das Mädchen, created together with Holland Symphonia. In addition, the dancers become the instruments for the orchestra. According to the Swede, Cacti is his most dansant piece so far. Ekman used all dancers to challenge the audience to reflect on the way in which art is perceived.

After a dance career with Royal Swedish Ballet, Cullberg Ballet and NDT 2, Alexander Ekman decided to solely focus on choreography. For NDT 2, Ekman created the international hit Cacti (2010, nominated for the VSCD Zwaan Award 2010) Left Right Left Right (2012) and Maybe Two (2013) among other pieces. For NDT 1, Ekman created Definitely Two (2013).

As a party producer, Gai Behar was a big part of Tel Aviv nightlife scene as well as a curator of multidisciplinary art events from 1999 till 2005. Behar joined Sharon Eyal in co-creating Bertolina in 2005 and has collaborated on the creations of Eyal ever since.

Sharon Eyal was born in Jerusalem. She danced with the Batsheva Dance Company from 1990 until 2008 and began choreographing within the framework of the company’s Batsheva Dancers Create project. Eyal served as Associate Artistic Director of Batsheva between 2003–2004, and House Choreographer of the company between 2005–2012.

In 2009, Eyal began creating pieces for other dance companies: Killer Pig (2009) and Corps de Walk (2011) for Carte Blanche Dance of Norway; Too Beaucoup (2011) for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Plafona (2012) for Tanzcompagnie Oldenburg, Germany.

In 2012, Eyal, with her longtime collaborator Gai Behar premiered Untitled Black in collaboration with the Goteborgs Operans Danskompani in Gothenburg, Sweden. Eyal is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2004 Ministry of Culture Award for young dance creators and the 2009 Landau Prize for the Performing Arts in the dance category. In 2008, she was named a Chosen Artist of the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation. In 2013, Eyal launched L-E-V with her long-time collaborator Gai Behar.

Born in 1973, Edward Clug completed his ballet studies at the National ballet school in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) in 1991. The same year, he was engaged as a soloist at the Slovene National Theatre where he made his first choreography. In 2003, he became artistic director of the ballet, leading the company towards new and distinctive directions.

As a choreographer, he received international acclaim with Radio & Juliet (2005). Clug put the Maribor Ballet ensemble on the international dance map by participating in the largest theatre festivals, such as Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival (USA), The Stars of the White Nights festival in the Mariinski Theatre in St. Petersburg, Arts Festival in Singapore and Seoul International Dance Festival in Korea.

Besides Maribor Ballet, Clug was repeatedly invited to create works for Stuttgart Ballet, Zurich Ballet, Royal Ballet of Flanders and other companies around the world. Clug received international awards for his choreographies at dance competitions and festivals in Moscow, Belgrade and Sarajevo. He received the highest Slovene prize in culture, the Award of the Prešern Foundation in 2005 and the Glazer Charter in 2008. In 2014 the magazine Tanz acknowledged him as one of future’s hopes in the field of choreography.

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Alexander AndersonDate of birth 8 April 1992Place of birth West Palm Beach, FloridaNationality AmericanEducation The Juilliard School [2010 - 2014]Professional experience Edinburgh International Festival 2012Tanztheater Wuppertal’s 40th anniversary celebration in Wuppertal, Germany (Revival of Wind Von West) 2013Joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in August 2014

Nomination & Awards Princess Grace Foundation Scholarship Award 2013 Alexander Moore Bayer Dance Award Dizzy Feet Dance Foundation Scholarship Award 2013

Alexander cyrDate of birth 15 July 1995Place of birth Lelystad, The NetherlandsNationality DutchEducation AS Ballet; Bern [2002 - 2007]Conservatoire de Fribourg; Fribourg [2007 - 2008]AFJD; Lausanne [2008 - 2011]Tanz akademie Zürich; Zürich [2011 - 2015]Professional experience Joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 as an apprentice in August 2015

Nominations & Awards Bronze medal, Aix-en-Provence [2005]Silver medal, Aix-en-Provence [2006]Silver medal, Paris “Le Chausson D’or” [2007]Silver medal, II Cat, Solothurn [2010] Bronze medal, I Cat, Solothurn [2012]Migros Culture Percentage dancing study award, Zürich [2012]Migros Culture Percentage dancing study award, Zürich [2013]

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Fay van baarDate of birth8 October 1995Place of birthThe Hague, The NetherlandsNationalityDutchEducationRoyal Conservatoire, The Hague [2007 - 2014]Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington DC [2014 - 2015]Professional experienceJoined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in September 2015

benjamin behrendsDate of birth1 July 1992

Place of birthSanta Rosa, California. U.S.A.

NationalityAmerican

Education Santa Rosa Dance Theater [2005-2008]Academy of Ballet, San Fransisco [2008]Boston Ballet Trainee Program [2009-2010]

TeachersTamara Statkoun, Gina Ness, Richard Gibson, Zory Karah, Magaret Tracy, Kathleen Mitchell, Andre Reyes

Professional experience Smuin Ballet [2010-2011]Trey McIntyre Project [2011-2014]Post: Ballet [2014]Joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in August 2014

Nominations & AwardsBoomerang Fund for Artists, Frank & Eleanor Pao Full Scholarship, 1st place in Sonoma County Dance Gild Men’s Ballet Competition, Sir Kenneth Brown Award

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graham kaplanDate of birth 12 February 1993

Place of birth Vancouver, British Columbia

Nationality Canadian

EducationArts Umbrella Graduate Program, Vancouver, British Clumbia Professional experience Artist, Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal [May 2013 - Dec 2014] Masterclasses/Workshops with Nederlands Dans Theater, Ballet BC, Cedar Lake, among othersMovement Invention Project 2012, NYCJoined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in January 2015

guido DutilhDate of birth 21 December 1995

Place of birth Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Nationality Dutch

Education Vooropleiding Nationale Balletacademie Amsterdam [2010-2014]Summer Intensives bij het Nederlands Dans Theater [2010-2012]Het Nationale Ballet [2011]Canada’s National Ballet School [2013]

Professional experience Joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in August 2014

Alice godfreyDate of birth 4 January 1994Place of birth Windhoek, NamibiaNationality South AfricanEducation The Cape Academy of Performing Arts [2004 - 2012]Canadian National Ballet School [2013– 2014]Professional experience The Cape Dance Company [2008 - 2013]Joined Nederland Dans Theater 2 in August 2014

Miguel DuarteDate of birth 24 November 1997

Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal

Nationality Portugese

Education Escola de Dança do Conservatório Nacional (Portugal)

Professional experience Internship in Companhia Portuguesa de Bailado Contemporâneo with Vasco WellenkampWill join Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in August 2015

Nominations & Awards Classical solist gold medal in Youth America Grand Prix semifinals, Belgium [2013]Gold medal in classical solist category in International Dance Festival Tanzolymp, Germany [2014]Japanese-Russian couple YUKARI SAITO AND NIKOLAY FYODOROV PRIZE to “Most talented dancers among the youngest competitors” at the Ekaterina Maximova Ballet Competition Arabesque, Russia [2014] The 4th scholarship and the Contemporary dance prize in Prix de Lausanne [2015]

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gregory lauDate of birth 26 May 1994

Place of birth Honolulu, Hawaii

Nationality American

Education The Juilliard School, New York

Professional experience The Juilliard School’s New Dances Cedar Lake GalaMasterclasses/Workshops with Nederlands Dans Theater, Cedar Lake,National Ballet of CanadaJoined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in August 2013

Nomitations & Awards NFAA YoungArts Level I Winner in Modern Dance and Ballet

grace lyellDate of birth 3 November 1996

Place of birth London, England

Nationality British

EducationÉcole Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower [2011-2014]

Teachers Iratxe Ansa, Paola Cantalupo, Jean Emile, Joelle Boulogne, Tom van Cauwenberg, James Urbain, Béatrice Belando, Jean Emile, Elise Lummis, Rodolpho Castellanos

Professional experience Joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in August 2014

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Madoka kariyaDate of birth 3 April 1993

Place of birth Sendai, Japan

Nationality Japanese

Education Maison du ballet Etoile, Japan [1998 - 2009]Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden, Germany [2009 - 2012]Internship Dresden Semperoper Ballet, Germany [2011]

Teachers Jason Beechey, Gerald Casel,Misako Kawamura, Michiko Nakamura

Professional experience Ballett Zürich Junior ballet, Switzerland [2012 - 2014]Joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in August 2014

Nominations & Awards Tanzpreis der Freunde des Balletts Zürich (Friends of the Ballet Zurich Award) [2013]Scholarship from DAAD-Prize for the outstanding achievement of foreign student [2010]Silver medal in YAGP New York final Senior age division [2009]Gold medal and Audience award in the ‘All Nippon DATE Classic Ballet competition in Miyagi’ [2009]

Rachel McNameeDate of birth 20 June 1994

Place of birth Vancouver, Canada

Nationality Canadian, British

Education Arts Umbrella Professional Training Program and Dance Company in Vancouver, Canada [2005 - 2014]

Teachers Artemis Gordon, Lynn Sheppard, Marquita Lester, Curtis Foley

Professional experience Performed in Switch ‘14Joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 as an apprentice in August 2014

Nominations & Awards RBC Emerging Artists Fund for outstanding achievement in dance 2014BC Arts Council Scholarship for excellence in dance 2012, 2013

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Sterre SlijkhuisDate of birth 24 June 1996

Place of birth Doetinchem, The Netherlands

Nationality Dutch

Education Royal Conservatoire, The Hague [2007 - present] Professional experience The Sleeping Beauty, National Ballet [2007]Orpheus Reloaded, Tessa Cooke. Holland dance Coproduction [2009]Abdallah- De Dutch Don’t Dance Division [2010]Ballet Masterclass Praag - summer course [2012]Bartholin International Ballet & Danisch Ballet School - summer course [2013]Young Talent Performance, Korzo [2013 & 2014]Joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 as an apprentice in August 2015

xanthe van opstalDate of birth 13 April 1992

Place of birth Arcen en Velden, The Netherlands

Nationality Dutch

Education Codarts, Rotterdam [2009 – 2012]Vooropleiding Dans Venlo, under the direction of Liesbeth Wiertz [2004 – 2010]

Teacher Liesbeth Wiertz

Professional experience Apprentice NDT 2 [August 2012 – May 2013]Joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in May 2013

Choreographies In creation with Marne, Myrthe and Imre van Opstal: “There Four” for the Amsterdamse Uitmarkt 2014

Paxton RickettsDate of birth 5 March 1994

Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark

Nationality Danish - Canadian

Education Arts Umbrella, Vancouver, Canada [2006 - 2014]

Teachers Artemis Gordon, Lynn Shepard, Marquita Lester, Justine Chambers, Lara Barklay, Curtis Foley

Professional experience Wen Wei Dance [2013 - 2014]Joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in August 2014

Aya MisakiDate of birth 19 December 1992

Place of birth Osaka, Japan

Nationality Japanese

Education Kobe College Japan [2011 - 2015]Takarazuka Kita High School [2008 - 2010]Shibutani Junior High School [2005 - 2008]Satzukigaoka Elementory School [1999 - 2005]

Professional experience Kobe College professional dance program: Contemporary dance, Toru ShimazakiClassical ballet technique, Jan Nuyts (3 years) and Owen Montague (1 year)Graham technique, Graham Mckelvie (3 years) and Alessandra Prosperi (1 year)Performed works at Kobe College and worked with renowned dance artists. Joined Nederlands Dans Theater 1 in May 2015, to perform on tour; since August 2015 with Nederlands Dans Theater 2

Nominations & Awards Tsukuba Ballet Competition 2012 Contemporary Senior - 1st place Passion du Ballet a Kyoto in Summer 2012 - 1st place Passion du Ballet a Kyoto in utumn 2012 - 1st place Kobe Competition 2013 Contemporary Senior - 3rd place

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yukino TakauraDate of birth 27 April 1992

Place of birth Hashimoto, Japan

Nationality Japanese

Education School of the Hamburg Ballett, Artistic Director: John Neumeier [2009 – 2011]Rei Grand Ballet School (RGB), Japan [2000 – 2009]

Teachers Kevin Haigen, Marianne Kruuse, Yohan Stegli, Carolina Borrajo, Stacey Denham, Beatrice Schickendantz, Rei Kaiami

Professional experience National Youth Ballet, Hamburg (Art. Dir. John Neumeier [2011 – 2013]Nederlands Dans Theater 2 [2013 - 2015]Joined Nederlands Dans Theater 1 in September 2015

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katarina van den wouwerDate of birth 22 August 1993

Place of birth Louvain, Belgium

Nationality Belgian

Education Royal Ballet School of Antwerp, Belgium [2001 – 2011]

Professional experience Royal Ballet of Flanders [2011 – 2013]International Summer Dance Classes with Nederlands Dans Theater [2009, 2010 and 2011]Joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in August 2013

Nominations & Awards Gold Medal Contemporari dance at International Dance Contest of Biarritz (France)

hélias Tur-DorvaultDate of birth 26 March 1994

Place of birth Marseille, France

Nationality French

EducationContemporary dance in “Les Studio du Cours” (Marseille) with Chantal TurBallet in “Studio Ballet Colette Armand” with Patrick Armand and Sylvie BonsignoreHamburg Ballet School with Kevin Haigen [2011 - 2013]

Professional experience Bundesjugendballett, Hamburg [2013 - 2015]Joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in August 2015

Nominations & Awards Prix de Lausanne 2011 (International Ballet Competition)

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Managing director Janine Dijkmeijer

Artistic Director Paul Lightfoot

Artistic Advisor Sol León

Artistic leader NDT 2Gerald Tibbs

Assistant Artistic leader NDT 2Nancy Euverink

Repetitor Peter Chu

Manager Planning & Touring Linda de Boer

Coordinator Planning, Music and Media Lobke Nabuurs

Company Manager NDT 2Martijn Dijkstra

Technical supervisor NDT 2Koos Planken

Light Technician

Tom Visser

Audio/ video engineer Mette Collignon

Stage technician Olivier Schaaff

Wardrobe Helga Hoogstraten

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9The ballet mutual comfort was Edward Clug’s first creation for Nederlands Dans Theater. A first step towards an inspiring collaboration. Clug will create new work for NDT 2 in 2016 again.

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6NDT 2 dancer Xanthe van Opstal, who performs in Some Other Time, is the youngest of the Dutch Van Opstal family. Her sisters, Imre and Myrthe, as well as her brother Marne all dance with NDT 1. The fact that they are all dancers and dancing with the same company is very unique.

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8In Sara Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar create a mysterious dream world, which originates from the creators’ feelings and intuition. Pay attention to special contact lenses, worn by the dancers.

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