Moving To Music (a Film By Reiner E. Moritz) & Hommage à Hans van Manen

Dutch National Ballet, Hans van Manen, Reiner E. Moritz

Dokumentation von Reiner E. Moritz
+Ballette: Metaforen für 12 Tänzer mit Musik von Daniel-Jean-Yves Lesur; Adagio Hammerklavier für 6 Tänzer mit Musik von Ludwig van Beethoven; Frank Bridge Variations für 10 Tänzer mit Musik von Benjamin Britten

Olga Khoziainova (Klavier), Holländisches Nationalballett, Hans van Manen (Choreographie)

Guided by his idol George Balanchine, Hans van Manen has spent his entire life striving to create meaning in his choreographies. In addition to conversations with colleagues and collaborators, van Manen talks about his life and work in the documentary "Moving to Music" and where he drew the inspiration for his ballets, which are charged with drama and eroticism. Three complete works by the Dutch National Ballet can also be seen - the early "Metaforen", "Adagio Hammerklavier", which presents the slow movement of Beethoven's Sonata op. 106 live on stage with three couples in different configurations, and "Frank Bridge Variations", a late masterpiece that plays with balance and counterpoint to music by Benjamin Britten.