On February 15th, 2014 , the Odyssey  will have premiere during the Holland Dance Festival at the Fokker Terminal The Hague. The ancient story of the Odyssey is brought on stage as a dance performance with live music.

Lonneke van Leth choreographer and visual artist Vincent de Kooker describe the myth of the Greek hero Odysseus after the Trojan War. The different story lines are told through dance, images and music. It promises to be a great show with LIVE MUSIC composed by Maxim Shalygin and conducted by Michael de Roo performed by none other than Asko|Schönberg and The Rosa ensemble completed by students of the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and Rotterdam Codarts . 2000m2 decor and a cast of 100 artists including dancers, musicians, acrobats, tissue-dancers and singers.
Choreographer Lonneke van Leth : “In many colorful and spectacular scenes we see Odysseus being taken away from his family to wage war. The gods are not charmed by his cunning character and create for him a quest that he must endure to return to his beloved wife Penelope and son Telemachus. A journey full of joys, hardships and tribulations he lays down.

Artists

De Odyssee

choreograaf
Lonneke van Leth
componist
Maxim Shalygin
musici
Asko|Schönberg, Rosa Ensemble, studenten Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag en Codarts Rotterdam
dirigent
Michael De Roo
dansers
Dansers van Lonneke van Leth
corps de ballet
Dansers uit Den Haag e.o.
acrobaten/tissue dansers
Codarts  Rotterdam
koor 
25 zangers uit Den Haag en omstreken
repetitor
Anouk Cappuyns
decor
Vincent de Kooker
licht
Nico de Rooij
kostuums
Heidi de Raad
techniek
AVEQ, Gijs Kuijper
geluid
Christiaan de Roo