Scapino Ballet Rotterdam at the festival Dans les Jardins de William Christie

Scapino Ballet Rotterdam has already collaborated with Les Arts Florissants for the creation of Les Fêtes vénitiennes (Campra) at the Opéra Comique, staged by Robert Carsen.

Scapino Ballet will therefore meet again with Les Arts Florissants on August 22 and August 23 for the adaptation of Les Fêtes vénitiennes on the Reflecting Pool during the festival in William Christie's gardens.

Scapino Ballet will also participate in the Promenades musicales with excerpts from Pearl, a Baroque ballet choreographed by Ed Wubbe. This intoxicating choreography to virtuoso dance music by composers such as Vivaldi exudes the heady, theatrical mood of the Baroque and is driven by the tempo and dynamism of now. Romance, resplendence and sumptuousness, seduction, decadence and decay are the ingredients that Wubbe, and his full complement of dancers, invoke in bringing Pearl to life. Pearl, which was one of the biggest box office dance hits in The Netherlands, will be prensented to the public in the gardens during the afternoons and accompagnied by musicians of Les Arts Florissants

The company

Scapino Ballet Rotterdam is one of the most leading and trendsetting dance companies in the Netherlands. The company makes high quality productions accessible to a broad audience. With the large scale adventurous productions of artistic director Ed Wubbe, often with live music, Scapino has created its own genre. Productions such as ‘Le Chat Noir’, ‘The Great Bean’ and ‘Pearl’ show a dance idiom melding art, artistic entertainment and cross-overs with compelling themes. At the same time Scapino presents work of exciting, young and innovative talents. This distinctive approach has helped to make Scapino one of the most successful dance companies in Holland. Scapino is the oldest dance company in the Netherlands and City Dance Company of Rotterdam. In 2016, the company celebrates its 70-year anniversary with the production 'In The Dutch Mountains’, in collaboration with the renowned Dutch band ‘NITS.