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UK Premiere. A leading figure in European dance, Raimund Hoghe makes his festival debut with L'Apres-midi, a solo for Emmanuel Eggermont. This remarkable work continues Hoghe’s passion for reinterpreting classics in the ballet repertoire which have included Sacre - The Rite of Spring (2004) and Swan Lake, 4 Acts (2005). Stéphane Mallarmé’s poem, L’Après-midi d’un faune inspired a symphonic work by Claude Debussy, to which Vaslav Nijinsky gave a choreographic interpretation that became legendary. A century later, Hoghe seizes this masterpiece and gives Eggermont the opportunity to follow in Nijinsky’s giant footsteps. Floating on the evocative music of Debussy and Mahler, the result is a poetic solo of technical brilliance that is as radiant as it is unique.