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Cracking closer

remiwortmeyer — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:47:30 +0000

Tonight Remi will close Dutch National Ballet’s Christmas season of The Nutcracker dancing the Prince to Anu Viheriäranta’s Clara. The show is sold out, but hopefully if you’re without a ticket these shots snapped by Wijnand van der Horst might suffice until next year …

From stage to screen

remiwortmeyer — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:22:48 +0000

Mathieu Gremillet’s short film about the making of Magdalene, or, In Defence of Beauty (the opera-ballet choreographed by Remi for Dutch National Ballet) will have its silver-screen debut this weekend during the annual Cinedans Film Festival. If you weren’t able to make it to the Amsterdam Muziektheater for the ballet’s premiere and subsequent revival, Mat’s film offers an enticing sample of the performance along with behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the creative team. It’s billed together with two further documentaries celebrating 50 years of the Dutch National Ballet and Rudolph Nureyev’s time in the Netherlands. Read the programme.

Top votes

remiwortmeyer — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:04:16 +0000

Remi has been voted one of the top 100 dancers in the world in a survey published by Dance Europe magazine. Remi was nominated for his performances in the 2010-11 season including roles in David Dawson’s myth-inspired Timelapse and his “heartbreaking” debut as Aminta in Sylvia by John Neumeier. The jury, comprising a panel of international dance critics such as Dance Europe’s Emma Manning and Maggie Foyer as well as Judith Mackrell (The Guardian, London) and Wendy Perron (Dance Magazine, New York), voted Remi into 15th position alongside the likes of Sylvie Guillem and Tamara Rojo.

Stars and swans

remiwortmeyer — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:07:09 +0000

Remi dances “with great feeling and style” according to dance critic Eddie Vetter in yesterday’s De Telegraaf newspaper. Vetter awards four stars to Dutch National Ballet’s current season of Swan Lake, which runs at the Amsterdam Muziektheater until 14 November. Meanwhile Remi has been twice commended by Dance Europe magazine, which writes that he was “bristling with energy” in Hans van Manen’s Five Tangos. In Four Last Songs by Rudi van Dantzig, enthuses Maggie Foyer, ”recent recruits Jurgita Dronina and Remi Wörtmeyer found their metier in this company classic, dancing the opening duet with youthful fragility”.

All that glitters

remiwortmeyer — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:46:00 +0000

A busy week for Remi with double premieres and a special reunion scheduled for Dutch National Ballet. On Tuesday 13 September the company will celebrate its 50-year jubilee with a selection of highlights from its repertory vault and the Queen of Orange in attendance. Then, on Thurday 15 September, Remi will take to the stage in two ballets by the company’s most popular choreographers: Vier Letzte Lieder by Rudi van Dantzig and Five Tangos by Hans van Manen as part of the Gold mixed bill. Finally, on Saturday 17 September, a repeat performance of Gold will be accompanied by an on-stage reunion for the many star dancers who’ve trodden the boards for Dutch National Ballet during its 50 years. Buy tickets for Gold.

Those fabulous Greeks

remiwortmeyer — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:24:10 +0000

This Friday Remi will appear in David Dawson’s latest Dutch National Ballet premiere Timelapse, one half of a double-bill that also includes a world premiere from Flemish choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Remi will dance a number of fiercely energetic roles in the new ballet inspired by classical Greek mythology. Buy tickets.

Behind the cross: the making of Magdalene

remiwortmeyer — Sun, 22 May 2011 14:28:08 +0000

Watch Remi at work creating his recent ballet-opera Magdalene, or, In Defence of Beauty. With thanks to filmmaker Mathieu Gremillet.

Magdalene revived

remiwortmeyer — Thu, 05 May 2011 13:29:32 +0000

Following the great success of its March premiere at the Amsterdam Muziektheater, Remi’s self-choreographed ballet-opera Magdalene, or, In Defence of Beauty will be revived by Dutch National Ballet for a one-off performance on 21 May 2011. The revival will star the original cast of Nadia Yanowksy, Alistair Shelton-Smith and Casey Herd, with musicians Olga Khoziainova and Sonja Schebeck. Magdalene, which you can watch below, features an original libretto and direction by Malcolm Rock with music by Chloé Charody.

In aid of Japan

remiwortmeyer — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:27:53 +0000

Tonight Remi and Maiko Tsutsumi will dance for a charitable gala at the Okura Hotel Amsterdam. The performance of Hans van Manen’s Concertante is part of a greater televised fundraiser that will benefit the Dutch Red Cross and its activities in Japan following the recent tsunami tragedy.

Sylvia summarised

remiwortmeyer — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 14:52:09 +0000

“You can practically hear hearts breaking,” writes Dance Europe’s Maggie Foyer of Remi’s current appearance in Dutch National Ballet’s season of John Neumeier’s Sylvia. Read her double-page article or click here for more reviews.