Hans van Manen Festival

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Coming on May 27: ballets performed during the first two programs of the Hans van Manen Festival, which took place in Amsterdam in September 2007.

Adagio Hammerklavier (Dutch National Ballet)

Simple Things (Netherlands Dance Theatre II)

Trois Gnossiennes (Uliana Lopatkina & Ivan Kozlov)

Five Tangos (Bavarian State Ballet)

Twilight (Igone de Jongh & Alexander Zhembrovskyy)

Interviews with Hans van Manen, Larissa Lezhnina, Uliana Lopatkina, Lucia Lacarra and Igone de Jongh, among others, promised.

http://www.amazon.com/Hans-Van-Manen-Festi...n/dp/B0015NR2EI

http://estore.websitepros.com/1652646/Detail.bok?no=1276

Many of the other ballets presented during the festival are already available on DVD.

http://www.amazon.com/Hans-van-Manen-Neder.../dp/B000W1V5QU/

http://www.amazon.com/Concertante-Black-Ba...t/dp/B000055XSN

http://www.amazon.de/Dutch-National-Ballet.../dp/B00008O8BR/

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3 Minutes West, the company that produced this program, has a link on its web site to clips of the DVD. There are five clips in total, featuring each of the ballets on the disc.

http://www.3minuteswest.com/

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Does anyone know if Ivan Kozlov is still with the Mariinsky?