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  • Het Nationale Ballet, © Photo: Hans Gerritsen
    Het Nationale Ballet, © Photo: Hans Gerritsen

Het Nationale Ballet: International Festival of Music and Dance of Granada

About the Event

The Het Nationale Ballet, the largest dance company in the Netherlands, offers an eclectic program with choreographies by Balanchine and Alexei Ratmansky.

The program of this evening of dance gathers Balanchine's Tarantella, Hans van Manen's choreography to music by Benjamin Britten, Strauss' Four Last Songs with choreography by Rudi van Dantzig, and three pieces from a production of Don Quixote by Alexei Ratmansky.

Cast / Production

Ted Bransen, artistic director

Vier Letzte Lieder
Music by Richard Strauss
Rudi van Dantzig, choreography
Toer van Schayk, costumes
Joop Caboort, ligthing

Tarantella Pas de deux
Music by Louis Moreau Gottschalk
George Balanchine, choreography
Barbara Karinska, costumes

Frank Bridge Variations
Music by Benjamin Britten
Hans van Manen, choreography
Keso Dekker, set design and costumes
Bert Dalhuysen, lighting

Don Quixote (Grand Pas, Fandango, Finale)
Music by Ludwig Minkus
Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky, choreography
Alexei Ratmansky, production and additional choreography
Anton Simon, Volodymyr Shishkov, Cesare Pugni, Yuli Gerber, Eduard Nápravnik y Riccardo Drigo, additional music
Jérôme Kaplan, set and costume design
James F. Ingalls, lighting

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