Dates
May - Nov 2020
Location
Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Online
Running time
Varying
Tickets
Free
Last December, Dutch National Ballet appointed three new Young Creative Associates: Wubkje Kuindersma, Milena Sidorova and Sedrig Verwoert. In recent years, these three young upcoming talents have already choreographed various works for the company and/or the Junior Company, standing out for their great creativity and unique, specific and inspiring style. They are now demonstrating these qualities in Young Creatives with Memento, Rose and I Feel It Too: three dance films for which they devised the concept as well as creating the choreography.
Wubkje Kuindersma - Memento
Milena Sidorova - Rose
Sedrig Verwoert - I Feel It Too
‘These three Young Creatives represent a new generation of choreographers, which is important to the future of our company and to the future of ballet in the Netherlands’
TED BRANDSEN, DIRECTOR OF DUTCH NATIONAL BALLET
Wubkje Kuindersma - Memento
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Memento was made at a time when the world was put on hold, due to COVID-19. Choreographer Wubkje Kuindersma says, “It’s in our nature to move freely and to flow like a river, but free movement between people has suddenly become restricted as a consequence of lockdowns. It’s as if the earth has lost its natural flow”.
Milena Sidorova - Rose
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During the first lockdown in the spring of 2020, Milena Sidorova had a big hit with her dance video Hold On, set to the number of the same name by the band from The Hague, Di-rect. The film was viewed hundreds of thousands of times on the various social media channels. Yet the Kiev-born choreographer sees Rose as her first dance film. This is because it is not just a recording of dance, but tells a real story that everyone can follow – even though it is told completely through dance.
Sedrig Verwoert - I Feel it Too
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For his dance film I Feel It Too, Young Creative Associate Sedrig Verwoert also took inspiration from the times we’re living in at the moment, dictated by the corona pandemic. The complex emotions with which we are confronted are central to this dance film.
Credits
Concept and choreography Memento
Wubkje Kuindersma
Film director Memento
Mathieu Gremillet
Film director, concept and choreography Rose
Milena Sidorova
Camera director and montage Rose
Arno de Haas
Creative director and choreographer I Feel It Too
Sedrig Verwoert
Film director I Feel It Too
Kevin Osepa