Hans van Manen: Hommage a Hans van Manen & Moving To Music [Blu-ray]

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.

METAFOREN
dancers:
Wen Ting Guan, Jared Wright, Yuanyuan Zhang, Vito Mazzeo, Maria Chugai, Krista Ettlinger, Jessica Xuan, Saya Okubo, Jingjing Mao, Erica Horwood, Sem Sjouke, Nathan Brhane
Music:
Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur

ADAGIO HAMMERKLAVIER
dancers:
Anna Ol, James Stout, Sasha Mukhamedov, Daniel Camargo, Igone de Jongh, Jozef Varga
piano:
Olga Khoziainova
Music:
Ludwig van Beethoven

FRANK BRIDGE VARIATIONS
dancers:
Igone de Jongh, Daniel Camargo, Suzanna Kaic, Remi Wörtmeyer, Floor Eimers, Sem Sjouke, Pascalle Paerel, Cristiano Principato, Laura Rosillo, Daniel Montero Real
Music:
Benjamin Britten

Recorded at Opéra Berlioz, Le Corum, Montpellier, France, 5 July 2017

HANS VAN MANEN – Moving to Music (Dance Documentary, 2022)
A film by Reiner E. Moritz