Dancers: Olga Smirnova and Tim van Poucke. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Lady Macbeth
World premiere:
2025
Dutch National Ballet
Creative Team:
Choreography, co-direction and treatment Helen Pickett
Direction and treatment James Bonas
Music Peter Salem
Set and costume design Luis F. Carvalho
Lighting design Bonnie Beecher
Video design Anouar Brissel
Assistant to the choreographer Sarah Hillmer
Staged combat Youval Kuipers
Ballet masters Guillaume Graffin, Sandrine Leroy, Larisa Lezhnina, Judy Maelor Thomas, Jozef Varga
Musical accompaniment Dutch Ballet Orchestra conducted by Koen Kessels
Olga Smirnova and Tim van Poucke. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Olga Smirnova and Tim van Poucke. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Anna Ol and corps de ballet women. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Floor Eimers and Corps men. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Anna Ol, Jan Spunda, Sho Yamada and corps de ballet. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Anna Ol. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Anna Tsygankova and corps. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Anna Tsygankova and Nina Tonoli. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Edo Wijnen. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Giorgi Potskhishvili, Nina Tonoli and Corps de ballet. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Olga Smirnova and Tim van Poucke. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Jospeh Massarelli. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Sho Yamada and Jan Spunda. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Floor Eimers. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Olga Smirnova and Luiza Bertho, Arianna Maldani, Lore Zonderman. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Olga Smirnova. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Anna Ol and Jan Spunda. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Anna Tsygankova andGiorgi Potskhishvili. Photo: Altin Kaftira
Lady Macbeth Reviews
In the new, theatrically very successful version … Pickett and Bonas are simply very good storytellers. Trouw Newspaper, Alexander Hiskemuller
An intense and vibrant evening that left the audience visibly impressed… truly memorable! TuttoDanza, Carolina Bonaveri
Pickett and her team deliver a ballet that is both engaging and relevant…Pickett masterfully shapes her work. Gramalino, Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel
Lady Macbeth is a powerful adaptation… creating a seamless and immersive experience…thoroughly impressed by the emotional depth and artistic quality of this production. Arts Talk Magazine.nl. Cicek Isiksel Sonmez