New Moves (season 2023/2024)

Each edition of New Moves comes up with new surprises again, giving you the chance to go on an adventure with the dance makers of the future. And your presence also contributes to the development of new talent. This is important, says artistic director Ted Brandsen, because, “I strongly believe in the power of creativity and the need for our art form to continually rediscover itself. We have to invest time, energy and resources in the development of young choreographers.”

Different sides and talents

As well as honing choreographic skills, in preparing for New Moves the aspirant makers can develop other talents, for example as a composer, designer of sets, costumes or lighting, stage manager or marketeer. And for the dancers appearing in their colleagues’ creations, New Moves is an important opportunity to gain experience in soloist roles and to show new sides of themselves.

Homegrown

In the 1970s, Dutch National Ballet was the first Dutch dance company to give its dancers the opportunity to create ballets themselves – in those days on an incidental basis. Ted Brandsen turned this into an annual project, which has produced many new makers in recent years, including Juanjo Arqués, Daniela Cardim, Monique Duurvoort, Peter Leung, Ernst Meisner, Milena Sidorova and Remi Wörtmeyer.