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unusual facts about Hans van Manen


Adriaan Luteijn

His Happy, Happy Birthday Baby celebrates the 75th birthday of Hans van Manen.


Altin Kaftira

He danced with the Ballet from 1995 on, and from 2000 to 2007 was the Ballet's principal dancer (working with choreographers such as Hans van Manen, Rudi van Dantzig, Jerome Robbins, Alexei Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon and Ted Brandsen), and has danced in almost a dozen George Balanchine ballets.

Dutch National Ballet

The company is committed to new choreography and performs work from current and past resident choreographers: Rudi van Dantzig, Toer van Schayk, Hans van Manen, Maguy Marin and Édouard Lock.

Ihsan Rustem

Ihsan Rustem has worked with such well-known choreographers as Mats Ek, Jiri Kylian, Paul Lightfoot / Sol Leon, Hans van Manen and Nils Christe.

Isala Theater

For two days in June 2010 the theatre staged a show by the students of the Havo voor Muziek en Dans (Academy for Music and Dance) called Talent On The Move 2010, featuring choreography by Sara Erens, Jiří Kylián, Adriaan Luteijn, Hans van Manen and Stuart Thom as well as original solos of the fifth graders.

Jorma Elo

A more global approach Elo met in 1990 when he joined Netherlands Dance Theatre where he worked with choreographers such as Jiri Kylian, Hans van Manen, Ohad Naharin, and William Forsythe.

Michele Jimenez

She danced main roles in many ballets like:Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, Coppelia, Cinderella, Carmen, Don Giovanni, The Nutcracker and in many contemporary pieces from choreographers such as George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Hans van Manen, Krzysztof Pastor, Septime Webre, Wayne Eagling, Ted Brandsen, Alexei Ratmansky, Mark Morris and Christopher Wheeldon.


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Anthony Dowell

He also created the Boy with Matted Hair in Antony Tudor’s Shadowplay, Prospero in Nureyev’s The Tempest and the leading rôle in Hans van Manen’s Four Schumann Pieces, for which he was the inspiration.

Ramon Reis

In 1994, he joined the NDT1 where he interprets the works by Jiri Kylian, Hans van Manen and invited choreographers including William Forsythe, Mats Ek, Johan Inger, Paul Light Foot and many others.