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DUTCH NATIONAL BALLET

CHOREOGRAPHERS: RENA BUTLER

COSTUME: TATYANA VAN WALSUM

THE LIGHT OF BRITISH LIGHTING DESIGNER KJ MAKES ME GASP. A STRIPE OF WHITE ON THE HIGH HORIZON AT THE BEGINNING WIDENS, DOUBLES AND PROGRESSES TO FIRE RED IN THE UNDERWORLD. NOT THROUGH GRADATIONS IN SWEET PINK, BUT THROUGH SHADES THAT I – BOOM – RECOGNIZE AS BLOOD IN WATER.
THEATERKRANT

LIGHTING BY KJ IS DRAMATIC GLARING NEONS AND BLINDING REDS, BUT COMPLEMENTS WITHOUT DISTRACTING.
DANCE EUROPE

[THE CHOREOGRAPHY] STANDS OUT TELLINGLY. THIS IS EVIDENT FROM THE DAZZLING BACKLIGHT OF FLUORESCENT TUBES AND THE TRENDY COSTUMES WITH BRIGHT PINK ACCENTS.
DE VOLKSRANT

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