Choreographer

At the center of the tripple bill is David Dawson's award-winning classic about an intangible yet hopeful state between the end and a new beginning: “The Grey Area” seems to defy gravity and dynamically celebrates the beauty of the very moment.

Grey Area

Theater Duisburg

In the Holland Festival 2025, The National Ballet pays tribute to pure, abstract dance. New for the company is Other Dances by the American grandmaster Jerome Robbins. This choreographic jewel is combined with two recent highlights: Ted Brandsen's The Chairman Dances and David Dawson's The Four Seasons .

Other Dances

National Opera & Ballet

Dancing  Dutch  brings together four choreographers who, despite their different origins, are all rooted in our country and celebrated their first major successes here. For the first time, the National Ballet will dance a creation by Jiří Kylián , the choreographer who gave Nederlands Dans Theater international success for more than thirty years. In addition, this program includes a masterpiece by the Netherlands' most famous choreographer, Hans van Manen , and premiere ballets by Associate Artist David Dawson and Young Creative Associate Milena Sidorova .

Dancing Dutch

The sun rises alongside desire and movement; David Dawson and Katerina Andreou introduce gravitating bodies, in a constant quest for reinvention. And they communicate: the moment turns into dance. Suddenly, everything is possible.

Before Dawn

Maison de la Danse (House of Dance)

A trilogy of three new works: a resurgence, a revelation, a rebirth. The Beginning of Forever follows the huge success of both Anima Animus and The Four Seasons as David Dawson’s first commission for The National Ballet of Canada in his role as Resident Choreographer. The full evening work explores the elemental forces that shape us – life, love and ascension through the prism of movement, memory and meditation. Set to a new commissioned score by internationally renowned composer Peter Gregson and brought to life in a visually striking world designed by Eno Henze (set), Yumiko Takeshima (costumes) and Bert Dalhuysen (lighting), The Beginning of Forever is a choreographic odyssey through loss and longing, dissolution and return.

Choreographer

David Dawson

Events

Upcoming events

1 - 3 Apr, 2027

Before Dawn · Opéra National De Lyon

5 - 12 Jun, 2027

The Beginning of Forever · The National Ballet of Canada

Past events

Jan 13 - Feb 25, 2026

Grey Area · Deutsche Oper am Rhein

12 - 22 Jun, 2025

Other Dances · Nationale Opera & Ballet

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