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Amsterdam’s updated La Bayadère for a new era

2 April 2026Posted inCulture, Music
Ballet dancers
Ted Brandsen and Rachel Beaujean's reworked version successfully merges the old with the new, reviving La Bayadère’s tragic love story

Amsterdam’s Romeo and Juliet attracts young audience

27 October 2025Posted inCulture, Music
Romeo and Juliet cast
Dutch National Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet hits all the right notes with a very young and international audience.

Peter Salem: “They were only meant to kill the bloody King!”

5 October 2025Posted inCulture, Music
Peter Salem
Ballet music for a modern age with Peter Salem, the composing mastermind behind Dutch National Ballet’s recent commission, Lady Macbeth
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