50 JARIG JUBILEUM GALA VAN HET NATIONALE BALLET

http://www.het-ballet.nl/nieuws/blog-... Her Majesty the Queen, His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, and Her Royal Highness Princess Máxima of the Netherlands attended the 50th anniversary gala of The National Ballet at the Muziektheater Amsterdam on Tuesday evening, September 13. The National Ballet performs works by choreographers Rudi van Dantzig, Hans van Manen, Toer van Schayk, and Ted Brandsen, among others. In addition to the full company, students from the National Ballet Academy and various foreign guest soloists also participate in the anniversary gala. With eighty (inter)national dancers, The National Ballet is the largest dance company in the Netherlands. The company will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary in September 2011. Together with the Dutch National Opera, it has been one of the resident companies of the Muziektheater Amsterdam since 1986. CAMERA EDITING COPYRIGHT : FRANK BUIS/AT5 12 SEPTEMBER 2011