Premiere

20 April 1989, The Hague

Company

Nederlands Dans Theater

Running time

29 minutes

Nr. of dancers

13

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Dutch National Ballet (2007) | Photo: Deen van Meer
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Nederlands Dans Theater (1989) | Photo: Gert Weigelt
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Nederlands Dans Theater (1989) | Photo: Gert Weigelt
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Dutch National Ballet (2007) | Photo: Angela Sterling
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Nederlands Dans Theater (1989) | Photo: Hans Gerritsen
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Nederlands Dans Theater (1989) | Photo: Hans Gerritsen
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Dutch National Ballet (2012) | Photo: Angela Sterling
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Dutch National Ballet (2012) | Photo: Angela Sterling
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First cast

Sabine Kupferberg, Fiona Lummis, Brigitte Martin, Nancy Euverink, Elke Schepers, Cora Kroese, Nacho Duato, Paul Lightfoot, Lionel Hoche, Jean-Louis Cabané, Shaun Amyot, Rob Dungey, Martin Corri

Music

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - third movement from Symfonie No. 6 (Pathétique) in b minor
Leoš Janáček - Adagio
Igor Stravinsky - Scherzo à la Russe
Pietro Mascagni - Intermezzo from the opera L'amico Fritz
Jules Massenet - Méditation from the opera Thaïs

Credits

Set design

Keso Dekker

Costume design

Keso Dekker

Lighting design

Joop Caboort