NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER II
BIOGRAPHIES
'Splendid dancers, highly appealing, particularly gifted'
(The New York Times)
Nederlands Dans Theater II was founded in 1978. In its more than 30 years of existence, it has developed into a top quality, internationally recognized company performing in theaters all over the world; Spain, Czech.-Republic, New Zealand, Turkey, USA, France, Germany, South Korea, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the Dutch Antilles.
Nederlands Dans Theater II consists of 16 dancers between the age of 17 and 22, all of whom completed a classical ballet training. Dancers are recruited from all over the world.
The initial aim with Nederlands Dans Theater II was to 'feed' the main company (Nederlands Dans Theater I) with its young dancers. It served as bridge-period to mature the freshly graduated dancers from the various classical conservatories and schools and prepare them for a professional dance career.
Today over 70% of the dancers of Nederlands Dans Theater I started their career in Nederlands Dans Theater II.
The repertoire of Nederlands Dans Theater II is quite varied working with established choreographers such as Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Ohad Naharin, Paul Lightfoot/Sol León and Johan Inger, but also more importantly working with young and upcoming choreographers.
Over the past few years Nederlands Dans Theater II has developed into a company of today. Working closely with young choreographers and confronted by different choreographic styles and techniques has given these young dancers the opportunity to react closely on contemporary developments in music and art of the 1990's. These talented young dancers are able to mirror the realities of today and incorporate these elements into new productions as a kind of Zeitgeist of the 21st century. Nederlands Dans Theater II especially aims to interest and excite young audiences for today's dance.
New York Times: 'this ensemble's visit revealed new directions. NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER II' s current crop of dancers are highly appealing and particularly gifted.'
Le Quotidien: 'The Juniors already have their own, significant style, full of vigor, extraordinary flexibility and exceptional passion. The group impresses by strength, cogency and talent.'
Le Figaro: 'NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER II already possess the feline flexibility and the capable technique of NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER.'
Südwest Presse: 'What the NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER II presented here - apart from that they are hardly second of the main company - is that consequent, stylistic development of pure ballet.'
Kölnische Rundschau: 'Excellent troupe.'
New Zealand Evening Post: 'NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER II, a youthful company of splendidly disciplined dancers with great clarity in their impeccably staged works'
Gerald Tibbs
Executive Artistic Director of Nederlands Dans Theater II
Gerald Tibbs was born in Richmond, Virginia. At the age of 19, he attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, where he enrolled in the drama department. Soon thereafter, he switched to the dance department and a year later he joined the North Carolina School Company. He danced with them for a period of two years. Then he went to New York for further training with David Howard. In 1975, he joined the Nederlands Dans Theater and has danced with Nederland Dans Theater for the last 15 years, working with such significant choreographers as Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Glenn Tetley, Ohad Naharin, Christopher Bruce and Nacho Duato.
In 1990, Gerald Tibbs took over Arlette van Boven's position as director of the Nederlands Dans Theater II company.
Jim Vincent
Artistic Director Nederlands Dans Theater
Jim Vincent (James Francis Vincent Jr.) was born in Trenton, New Jersey (USA) on 3 March 1958. He is married and has three children. From 1978 to 1990 he was a dancer with Nederlands Dans Theater. He then left for the Spanish Compañia Nacional de Danza led by Nacho Duato, where he not only danced from 1990 to 1994, but also became assistant artistic director. The next six years were spent in France, where he first became ballet master and repetitor at the Lyon Opera Ballet (1994-1997) and then director of Corporate and Special Events at Disneyland Paris (1997-2000). In 2000 he became artistic director of Hubbard Street Dance Chigaco, United States. From September 2009 he will take up the position of artistic director of Nederlands Dans Theater in The Hague, Netherlands.
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