Nederlands Dans Theater Tickets

One of the finest contemporary dance companies in the world, Nederlands Dans Theater is bringing forward another energetic and innovative dance performance. Buy Nederlands Dans Theater tickets and enjoy the stunning precision and sublime beauty of world's most celebrated dance company.

Headquartered at Lucent Danstheater in The Hague, Nederlands Dans Theater is a Dutch Contemporary Dance Company. It was founded by Carel Birnie, Aart Verstegen and Benjamin Harkarvy alongwith 18 members in 1959. Under the strong guidance and unparalleled leadership of artistic directors like Hans van Manen and Jirí Kylián, the company quickly gained fame and worldwide recognition. Appointed as of January 2012, Paul Lightfoot is the current artistic director.

Nederlands Dans Theater breaks away from the more traditionally oriented Dutch ballet and focuses on experimenting with new techniques and forms of dance. In 1960s, the repertoire of the theater was mostly influenced American modern dance. Besides Lucent Danstheater, Nederlands Dans Theater also performs at other venues including Nijmegen's Stadsschouwburg and Amsterdam's Het Muziektheater. The Theater is committed to present the very best dance to its audiences. The choreography, music and lighting brilliantly exhibit the range and versatility of the theater. The surrealistic, erotic and sometimes even comic acts are enduring and mind blowing making theater the only company in the world to have extra-ordinary pieces in its repertoire. Many of the acts have been awarded with several honors and awards.

Nederlands Dans Theatre has brought forward many dancers who have left their mark on Dutch dance and Ballet. These include one of the founding members Gérard Lemaître who was knighted Order of Orange-Nassau by Queen Beatrix, the well known Mabel Alter and Charles Czarny who became ballet teachers at dance academies in Amsterdam and Rotterdam and Martinette Janmaat who became artistic director at Amsterdam's Nationale Ballet Academy. All teh dancers are famous for their skill, class and virtuoasity mastering the art of getting company's repertoire across the audiences.

Three companies work under Nederlands Dans Theater. Nederlands Dans Theater I was founded in 1959 and is internationally acclaimed. Besides local work, it presents large number of works by well-renowned international choreographers like Mats Ek, Nacho Duato, Ohad Naharin and William Forsythe. Nederlands Dans Theater II was founded in 1978 for dancers between 17 and 22. It promotes work by younger choreographers striving to make room for new and brave initiatives and marking teh new generation of dancers. Nederlands Dans Theater III was set up in 1991 for dancers of 40 years or old. The group became legendary in the dancing world but was discontinued in 2006.

Nederlands Dans Theatre holds a firm reputation in international field of dance. The theater has a loyal audiences in New York, London, Madrid, Singapore and several other parts of the world.

The theater has won numerous awards in choreography and dancing. Both Jirí Kylián and Hans van Manen andare are knighted as Officers in the Order of Orange Nassau by Queen Beatrix. The theater is twelve times recipient of the VSCD award (Vereniging van Schouwburgen en ConcertgebouwDirecties). Other awards include he Zwaan awards for "most impressive dance performance 2009" and "most impressive dance production 2009" and Nijinsky Award. It also won several awards on the prestigious Edinburgh International Festival.

The stunning display of physicality, technique, strength and flexibility together with the use of rich visual effects and other modern theatrical technologies provide an unforgettable experience to the audience. Buy Nederlands Dans Theater tickets and get captivated by the sensational, skillful and exceptionally original dance performances.