Dutch National Ballet
In C

Dates
25-28 June 2025
Location
Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage
Running time
0:50, no interval
Tickets
NA

What happens when dancers make their own choices?
Prepare to be surprised by a ballet that takes shape in a truly unique way. Sasha Waltz’s In C consists of 53 choreographic ‘figures’ and gives the dancers both the freedom and the responsibility to experiment with them. All dancers start at figure 1 and end at figure 53, but they may repeat any phrase as often as they like, as long as they don’t drift more than a few phrases apart from each other. Waltz: “As a result, every performance is different, and each dancer is also a choreographer at the same time.”
Waltz has received multiple awards for In C. She was nominated for a Bessie Award, recently received the Helmut Schmidt Zukunftspreis, and was awarded the Deutscher Tanzpreis – the most prestigious dance prize in Germany. Discover how this vibrant and disarming work is now brought to life in Amsterdam by the dancers of Dutch National Ballet!
Credits
This production is part of the Holland Festival
The original production In C was produced by Sasha Waltz & Guests and had its world premiere on 6 March 2021. The performance was created at Radialsystem. Sasha Waltz & Guests is funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion in Berlin.
Concept, light and choreography Sasha Waltz
Music Terry Riley
Costume design Jasmin Lepore
Lighting design Olaf Danilsen
Concept and dramaturgy Jochen Sandig
Repetiteurs Sebastian Abarbanell, Alessandra Defazio
Musical accompaniment
Dutch Ballet Orchestra conducted by Koen Kessels
and ensemble van het Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Musical coordination Fedor Teunissen
The original production In C was created and performed by Davide Di Pretoro, Edivaldo Ernesto, Melissa Figueiredo, Hwanhee Hwang, Annapaola Leso, Michal Mualem, Zaratiana Randrianantenaina, Aladino Rivera Blanca, Orlando Rodriguez and Joel Suárez Gómez.
Cast In C
Follow the link below to view the cast for In C. Please note that casting is subject to change right up to the performance.
Online programme information
In addition to the printed programme booklet for In C, we also offer this programme information online. Here, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look and an overview of all the credits.

“Everyone can dance in C’’
Choreographer Sasha Waltz on In C.
In the media

Dutch Ballet Orchestra
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