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[Jane Simpson]

From the links page, here's an article about the Mother Theresa piece:

http://www.swissinfo...105&sid=1407642

[vila]

I just remebered that Béjart is also at the Opéra Bastille this season (May & June)
with L'Oiseau de feu (Firebird)
Création mondiale (a new piece yet untitled)
Webern, opus V
Le Mandarin merveilleux  (oh gees, how does this one that translate ? probably not "the marvellous man from China"

;)

but we are really running off topic here I suppose...

[Alexandra]

I think we usually translate it "The Miraculous Mandarin."  Did you like them?  I saw the Firebird, along with a piece he did for Jean Babille when Babille was in his 50s (which I liked very much.)  I don't remember much about the Firebird -- it was the first year or two that I was going to ballet and it was very different from what I was used to.  But I didn't hate it

[vila]

"The Miraculous Mandarin."  does certainly sound  better, I do agree! , thank you for helping me with that one !!!

I have never seen any of his ballets that are programmed for further on this season, but have been to his Sissi, (which I much delighted in : choreography, setting, costumes and...sylvie guillem ) several of his Boleros, Tek, seen bits of his Hamlet and some others - can't recall titles at this point -... oh yes, and the Concours, of course (that murder mystery ballet)  which I discovered last year (it has aged quite badly, appealing in a sort of quaint manner, but not enough to see it again! didn't care for all those caricatures/stereotypes i.e. the japanese memeber of the jury, the american etc...., seemed to keep the audience amused though. I do like him more subtle !

Oh, and Alexandra, I am afraid I will be laptopless during my trip