The Dutch National Ballet performs: String Quartets Op. 130 & Op. 133 by Beethoven

Dutch National Ballet, 1984 As a great admirer of George Balanchine, Hans van Manen was once told that Beethoven was one of the few composers whose work was impossible to choreograph. Van Manen rose to the challenge, creating Grosse Fuge to Beethoven's String Quartets, Op. 133 in B flat major (Grosse Fuge) and the Cavatina from Op. 130 in B flat major. The resulting work is an abstract ballet on van Manen's favorite theme - the tension and relationships between human beings. He once said, "As soon as I place two people in an empty room I express a mood or a relationship." Subscribe to the Monarda Channel:    / @monardachannel   Music composed by Ludwig van Beethoven Played by Quartetto Italiano Hans Van Manen - Choreographer Rachel Beaujean, Coleen Davis, Valerie Valentine, Jeanette Vondersaar, Leo Besseling, Clint Farha, Lindseay Fischer, John Wisman - Dancers #dance #dancer #choreography #music #ballet #beethoven © 1984, Monarda Arts Production