Commission to Yannis Kyriakides

Scapino Ballet Rotterdam and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra present La Mer, a new production featuring a commissioned score by Yannis Kyriakides. Reimagining Debussy’s La Mer and Nocturnes – Sirènes, the work integrates contemporary dance, symphonic and electronic music, digital media, and haute couture to examine the ocean’s evolving place in human culture—once viewed as a mythical site of beauty, now increasingly defined by ecological fragility.

The production expands on choreography originally created for Boston Ballet in collaboration with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. In this new version, extended to 90 minutes, Kyriakides’s composition layers orchestral textures with electronic sound, reflecting the complexity of marine environments.

La Mer contrasts two oceanic perspectives: an imagined, symbolic world shaped by Debussy’s Sirènes, evoking a romanticized view of nature; and a contemporary viewpoint that reflects the impact of environmental degradation and human intervention.

Further Information:
scapinoballet.nl

Dates

October 9 –11, 2026
Nieuwe Luxor Theater, Rotterdam

October 16, 2026
Wilminktheater, Enschede

October 17, 2026
Deventer Schouwburg, Deventer

October 21, 2026
Chassé Theater, Breda

October 22, 2026
Flint, Amersfoort

October 23, 2026
Theater Heerlen

October 25, 2026
Theater aan de Parade, Den Bosch

October 28, 2026
Schouwburg Agnietenhof, Tiel

October 29, 2026
Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht

October 30, 2026
Theater Castellum, Alphen a/d Rijn

November 15, 2026
Fundacion Baluarte, Pamplona

November 17, 2026
Kursaal Donostia, San Sebastián

November 26, 2026
Stadstheater Zoetermeer

November 27, 2026
Theater Lampegiet, Veenendaal

November 28, 2026
Theater de Spiegel, Zwolle

December 1, 2026
Schouwburg Tilburg

December 2, 2026
Parktheater Eindhoven

December 4, 2026
Agora, Lelystad

December 8, 2026
De Nieuwe Kolk, Assen

December 9, 2026
Schouwburg Cuijk

December 10, 2026
Kunstlinie, Almere

December 12, 2026
Stadsschouwburg De Harmonie, Leeuwarden

December 17, 2026
SPOT Groningen

February 3, 2027
Theater De Vest, Alkmaar

February 4, 2027
Theater aan de Schie, Schiedam

February 7 – 8, 2027
Stadsschouwburg Utrecht

February 12 – 14, 2027
Stadsschouwburg Haarlem

February 18 – 19, 2027
Amare, Den Haag

February 20, 2027
Theater Orpheus, Apeldoorn

February 23, 2027
Maaspoort, Venlo

February 26 – 28, 2027
Theater Rotterdam

March 3 – 5, 2027
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

April 3, 2027
TIP TOE international dance festival, Malaga