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2011 | HD

A Dutch National Ballet - 3 MINUTES WEST co-production in association with Cultura.

For this project, 3 MINUTES WEST brought Dutch National Ballet together with Pathe cinemas.

In a first for the ballet company, the gala was beamed live to cinemas across the Netherlands,
in HD and surround sound. The programme was also broadcast live on Cultura.

Starring Raphael Coumes-Marquet, Jurgita Dronina, Matthew Golding, Igone de Jongh,
Ji-Young Kim, Larissa Lezhnina, Maia Makhateli, Tamas Nagy, Rubinald Pronk, Marijn Rademaker,
Sofiane Sylve, Yumiko Takeshima, Anna Tsygankova, Jozef Varga, Cedric Ygnace.

Repertoire included ballets by George Balanchine, William Forsythe, David Dawson,
Krzysztof Pastor, Rudi van Dantzig, Toer van Schayk and Hans van Manen.

HRH Queen Beatrix, HRH Princess Maxima and HRH Prince Willem-Alexander honoured
the Gala with their presence.