Hans van manen biography of christopher
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Christopher Hampson was born in Middleton, Manchester, and trained at the Royal Ballet School. After graduating in he joined English National Ballet (ENB), and was made a soloist in His roles with ENB included Drosselmeyer in Deane's Nutcracker, Paris in Nureyev's Romeo and Juliet, the Headmistress in Graduation Ball and the lead role in Balanchine's Square Dance. He has danced in works by Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan, Robert North, Mauro Bigonzetti, Ben Stevenson, Ronald Hynd, Glen Tetley, Michael Corder, Hans Van Manen and Wayne Sleep.
Christopher's choreographic work started at the Royal Ballet School after winning the Ursula Moreton Choreographic Competition. On joining English National Ballet he continued to produce many works for the company's workshops, soirées and galas and received the first of many commissions from Derek Deane, artistic director of ENB, in
He has produced three works for ENB, Perpetuum Mobile (J.S. Bach) Country Garden (Percy Grainger) set to various piano works by Percy Grainger, later performed in an orchestral version, and Concerto Grosso (Alfred Schnittke). In August he left ENB to pursue his choreographic career.
Works for other companies include, Coda for Three Men for Wayne Sleep's Coliseum Season, Notturn
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Choreographer Hans van Manen talks about his work “Black Cake” and his love for ballet in an interview with The Korea Times held in Seoul last week. / Korea Times Photo by Shim Hyun-chul |
By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter
Ballet is a priceless art that offers many aspects but for Hans van Manen, it is simply the love of his life.
Van Manen, 76, Netherlands's legendary choreographer, recently visited Korea to watch one of his famous pieces put on stage by the Universal Ballet Theater (UBT), the first time in Asia. The local troupe, led by Julia H. Moon, presented their ``Modern Ballet Project,'' consisting of three modern pieces including those of van Manen and also celebrated choreographers William Forsyth and Christopher Wheeldon.
``It's wonderful that UBT has brought `Black Cake.' You always have to do classic ballet because it (demands) a lot of fantastic dancers and you can develop, but with modern repertoire, you can build up a tradition which is also very important,'' van Manen said during an interview with The Korea Times last week at the Universal Ballet Theater.
For the ballet master, creating a piece is one thing while watching the dancers executing it is another. Although the concept of the work must be similar, it is important to have individuality and h
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