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Hans van Manen began his
ballet career in 1951 as a
member of Sonia Gaskell's
Ballet Recital.In 1952 he
joined the Nederlandse Opera
Ballet, directed by Francoise
Adret, where he created his
first ballet,
Feestgericht, in 1957.
He later joined Roland Petit's
company in Paris. He began to
work with Nederlands Dans
Theater in 1960, as dancer
(until 1963), and
choreographer, and from 1961
until 1971 also as artistic
director. For the following two
years he worked as a freelance
choreographer, until his
appointment, in 1973, as
choreographer/regisseur to
Het Nationale Ballet in
Amsterdam.
In addition to American Ballet
Theatre, he has staged his
ballets for the Stuttgart Ballet,
Bayerisches Staatsballett
Munchen, Berlin Opera,
Houston Ballet, the National
Ballet of Canada, Pennsylvania
Ballet, the Royal Ballet, the
Royal Danish Ballet, the State
Opera in Vienna, Tanzforum
in Cologne and for Alvin
Ailey.
In September 1988 Hans van
Manen rejoined Nederlands
Dans Theater as resident
choreographer. In the
meantime he has created over
forty choreographies for this
company.
Hans van Manen is also a
photographer and his work can
be admired in exhibitions all
over the
world.
In 1993 Hans van Manen was
awarded the German
Dance Prize, for his
influence in the German
dance-world over the past
twenty
years. |
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