Amsterdam Dance Event is kicking off its 2026 edition with something you don’t typically see on an electronic music festival bill: a full ballet production. Dutch National Ballet and ISH Dance Collective are teaming up for Swan Lake Remixed for ADE, a new stage production set at Gashouder that folds classical ballet, hip-hop dance, and electronic music into one performance. It’s part of ADE’s 30 YEARS ADE Icon Series, and it opens the festival’s cultural programming on Wednesday, October 21.
The production leans into Swan Lake’s original themes — longing, freedom, temptation, and the pull between light…
