Sehnsucht. Schmetterling

Sehnsucht
Choreography by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven
(Recording by Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Symphony No 5) and
conducted by Claudio Abbado (Pianoconcertos Nos 3 & 4); pianist Maurizio Pollini)
World premiere: 7 May 2009, Lucent Danstheater, Den Haag

Performed by
Parvaneh Scharafali, Silas Henriksen, Medhi Walerski

Lydia Bustinduy, Sarah Reynolds, Myrthe van Opstal, Ema Yuasa Brett Conway, César Faria Fernandes, Menghan Lou, Jorge Nozal, Dominic Santia, Rupert Tookey, Roger Van der Poel, Bastien Zorzetto

Sehnsucht is made possible by Damen Shipyards Group. To Kommer & Josien Damen, our heartfelt thanks for your support and willingness to aid us in our attempt to express the inexpressible.
Paul & Sol


Schmetterling
Choreography by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot
Music: The Magnetic Fields (songs from the album 69 Love Songs)
and Max Richter (Europe after the Rain, Untitled Figures from the album Memoryhouse and On the Nature of Daylight from the album Blue Notebooks)
World premiere: 25 November 2010, Lucent Danstheater, Den Haag

Performed by
Aram Hasler, Jon Ole Olstad, Danielle Rowe, Myrthe van Opstal

Brett Conway, Dominic Santia, Jorge Nozal, Bastien Zorzetto, Parvaneh Scharafali, Silas Henriksen, Medhi Walerski

Inspirée et dédiée à Martine Breard Walerski pour son énergie de vie et son engagement maternel. Avec tout notre respect et admiration.
Paul & Sol

Nederlands Dans Theater, under the artistic leadership of Paul Lightfoot, is one of the leading contemporary dance companies in the world. The company originated in 1959, when twenty-two people broke free from the Nederlands Ballet. These rebels were impassioned by dance and by the desire to give it a style all their own. Through the years NDT has done pioneering work in contemporary dance, building up a rich repertoire of over 600 ballets. These include masterpieces by Jiří Kylián and Hans van Manen, as well as the work of house choreographers Sol León and Paul Lightfoot, associate choreographers Crystal Pite, Johan Inger, Alexander Ekman and Marco Goecke, and pieces by guests such as Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Wayne McGregor and Ohad Naharin.
NDT's dancers are renowned for their virtuosity, astonishing technique and unparalleled expression. The company contributes to various art forms by involving visual art, music composition, and innovative light and set designs, all the while developing new talent. At NDT’s home base in The Hague (The Netherlands), all this comes together daily in surroundings that are regarded as a breeding ground, constantly moving ahead to let the future of dance take shape.
NDT consists of two companies, with two generations of dancers.
NDT 1.The 'big company', NDT 1, consists of thirty dancers of more than 20 different nationalities. They vary in age from 23 to 40, and each one of them excels in their solo qualities. These phenomenal dancers, and the multifaceted repertoire they bring to the stage, attract full houses all over the world.
NDT 2 was founded in 1978. Through the years it has developed into a top quality, internationally-recognized company performing all over the world.
NDT 2 consists of 16 dancers between the age of 17 up to 23, all of whom completed a classical ballet training. Dancers are recruited from all over the world. The initial aim of NDT 2 is to 'feed' the main company NDT 1 with its young dancers. It therefore serves as ‘bridge’, to mature freshly graduated dancers from various classical conservatories and schools, and to prepare them for a professional career in dance.

For more information please go to www.ndt.nl