Ballet
Switch the Movie (Omscholingsregeling for dancers)
11/11/11
Omscholingsregeling in Netherlands is a re-schooling scheme for retiring dancers. This scheme is quite unique.
This scheme helps dancers who stop with dancing, find or support their new careers.
dance2film (Mathieu and myself) made this short film for the 25th anniversary of the Omscholingsregeling.
The film was first shown during a dance gala on October 31st 2011.
This scheme helps dancers who stop with dancing, find or support their new careers.
dance2film (Mathieu and myself) made this short film for the 25th anniversary of the Omscholingsregeling.
The film was first shown during a dance gala on October 31st 2011.
Mikhail Baryshnikov (exclusive interview)
01/09/11
Mr. Mikhail Baryshnikov gave this interview exclusively during the Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival in Groningen, Netherlands. In this festival Mr. Baryshnikov is performing 'In Paris' a play from the Russian director Dmitry Krymov.
It was a very special moment for me personally as Mr. Baryshnikov was my dancer idol which I have followed from the distance since when I was in the ballet school in Albania back in late '80. The first time I had the pleasure to watch him dance live on stage was only in 2009 when Mr. Baryshnikov danced with Ana Laguna in Amsterdam.
The interview was filmed by dance2film (Altin & Mathieu)
This interview was made possible by the arrangements of danspubliek.nl
It was a very special moment for me personally as Mr. Baryshnikov was my dancer idol which I have followed from the distance since when I was in the ballet school in Albania back in late '80. The first time I had the pleasure to watch him dance live on stage was only in 2009 when Mr. Baryshnikov danced with Ana Laguna in Amsterdam.
The interview was filmed by dance2film (Altin & Mathieu)
This interview was made possible by the arrangements of danspubliek.nl
Personal Space
20/06/11
Personal Space was awarded the 3rd place winner in Choreographic Captures 2011 in Munich, Germany. The official ceremony for the awards will be held on saturday, June the 25th in Munich.
Cherkaoui/Dawson trailer
20/06/11
This is the latest trailer for Dutch National Ballet for the Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and David Dawson program this month (June)
HNB fast forward
02/06/11
This clip was produced to present mainly to potential sponsors for HNB. It was shot to show the dancers day within 2min 30 secs.
HNB fast forward from Altin Kaftira on Vimeo.
Sylvia (trailer)
29/05/11
a 1 minute trailer of the new ballet of John Neumeier's 'Sylvia' by Dutch National Ballet
Sleeping Beauty (trailer)
29/01/11
a short trailer of the ballet Sleeping Beauty performed by Dutch National Ballet in December 2010
the (un)making of the pointe shoe
05/11/05
This 2 minutes clip seems to be my most popular one yet as in YouTube has attracted more than 101.000 viewers.
It was shot back in 2005 as part of a ballet and film mixed performance with Dutch National Ballet and 5 short clips created by me.
This clip was shot in the Freed factory in London. It was quite n experience to visit the factory. It was nothing like I had expected it to be.
Nothing shinny, nothing glamorous about the location but these shoe masters did produce some special work to keep our ballerinas on their toes
The dancer who features in the video is the former principal dancer Yumiko Takeshima, who now is famously known for her ballet wear that our dancers wear for rehearsals and performances. Visit Yumiko’s site here
It was shot back in 2005 as part of a ballet and film mixed performance with Dutch National Ballet and 5 short clips created by me.
This clip was shot in the Freed factory in London. It was quite n experience to visit the factory. It was nothing like I had expected it to be.
Nothing shinny, nothing glamorous about the location but these shoe masters did produce some special work to keep our ballerinas on their toes
The dancer who features in the video is the former principal dancer Yumiko Takeshima, who now is famously known for her ballet wear that our dancers wear for rehearsals and performances. Visit Yumiko’s site here