Dutch National Ballet [ENA] Dutch National Ballet's bold new production of La Bayadère , co-directed by Rachel Beaujean, Kalpana Raghuraman, Dr. Priya Srinivasan, and artistic director Ted Brandsen, achieves a near-miraculous feat: it preserves every glittering choreographic jewel of Marius Petipa's 1877 masterpiece while recasting its narrative in a historically sensitive, dramatically compelling frame.   [Full story...]

Dutch National Opera [ENA] Michel van der Aa's world premiere Theory of Flames, igniting the Opera Forward Festival, represents a seismic advance in operatic form—a film opera where live stage action and meticulously crafted cinematic sequences fuse into a seamless, disorienting tapestry. Co-commissioned by Dutch National Opera, the Norwegian National Opera, Bregenz Festival, and van der Aa's doubleA Foundation.   [Full story...]