Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) is very pleased to announce that from August 2020 Canadian Emily Molnar (1973) will commence her tenure as the new Artistic Director of the company.
She succeeds Paul Lightfoot who in the summer of 2020 will resign as Artistic Director after nine successful and artistically blossoming years.
Molnar is one of Canada's most acclaimed dance artists. She graduated from the National Ballet School of Canada, and danced with the National Ballet of Canada, Ballet BC and the Frankfurt Ballet under the direction of William Forsythe. She has created various works as a choreographer and since 2009, Molnar has been the Artistic Director of Ballet BC in Vancouver, Canada. In 2014, Molnar also took on the role of Artistic Director and Curator of Dance at the cultural education institute Banff Center in Banff, Canada.
Vancouver Sun
She succeeds Paul Lightfoot who in the summer of 2020 will resign as Artistic Director after nine successful and artistically blossoming years.
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Molnar is one of Canada's most acclaimed dance artists. She graduated from the National Ballet School of Canada, and danced with the National Ballet of Canada, Ballet BC and the Frankfurt Ballet under the direction of William Forsythe. She has created various works as a choreographer and since 2009, Molnar has been the Artistic Director of Ballet BC in Vancouver, Canada. In 2014, Molnar also took on the role of Artistic Director and Curator of Dance at the cultural education institute Banff Center in Banff, Canada.
Vancouver Sun