Made in NL | Junior Company | The Dutch National Ballet

Not only has the Dutch National Ballet's Junior Company already produced a great deal of new dance talent, the youth ensemble is also responsible for building up its own versatile repertoire. In the new touring program Made in NL, the group presents no fewer than three premiere works by female choreographers based in the Netherlands, combined with highlights from the oeuvres of 'Dutch Masters' Hans van Manen and Rudi van Dantzig.

Zoë Greten and Milena Sidorova are both creating a new creation for Made in NL. Only 22 -year-old Greten won the TV program Superkids in 2015 with a solo of her own. She then created several works as a student at the National Ballet Academy and in 2022 created her first work for the Junior Company, If only I knew the right way, which earned her rave reviews. Milena Sidorova, Young Creative Associate of the Dutch National Ballet since 2021, has also previously created successful choreographies for the Junior Company - Withdrawn in 2017 and Bloom in 2022 - and is once again diving into the studio with the Juniors for this program.

Banksy

The third premiere work in Made in NL comes from Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, who after her hit production Frida - still performed by the Dutch National Ballet in February 2024 - is now making her debut with the Junior Company with Scurry Night. Lopez Ochoa created this rousing work in 2021 for the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, drawing inspiration from artwork by the famous graffiti artist Banksy, which is reflected in both the choreography and costumes.

Choreographic gems

In addition, in Made in NL, the Junior Company ventures into a famous, technically demanding classic - the Pas de Six from Rudi van Dantzig's widely acclaimed Swan Lake - and into Hans van Manen's Visions Fugitives (1990). In it, Van Manen answers the twenty short parts of Prokofiev's piano composition of the same name with just as many choreographic gems.