fadedhour Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I went to see this on Thursday night and really enjoyed it - some performances more than others (there were 15 different pieces), but overall, really liked it. I especially enjoyed Vadim Muntagirov in Spectre de la Rose - I enjoy Nijinsky's ballets and I couldn't have asked for a better performance from him. He really has extraordinarily beautiful arms. The other Ballets Russes items on the program - L'après-midi d'un faune and an extract from Petrushka - didn't fare as well, unfortunately. But I appreciated that they were there. Other highlights for me included a new piece by Javier de Frutos, performed by Edward Watson and Marijn Rademaker, who had incredible chemistry together, and Marijn Rademaker in Marco Goecke's Äffi - I found the style of choreography completely fascinating. Rademaker was great - I'd love to see him dance again. I've posted a review with some more thoughts on my blog. Did anyone else go to this? I'd love to hear your thoughts if so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubanmiamiboy Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I went to see this on Thursday night and really enjoyed it - some performances more than others (there were 15 different pieces), but overall, really liked it. I especially enjoyed Vadim Muntagirov in Spectre de la Rose ... Oh..."Spectre" is one of those ballets I could watch hundreds of times in a row non stopping..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fadedhour Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 I love it (and many of these Ballets Russes pieces, too. I think there are quite a few good Spectres, but not so many great ones. But Muntagirov was really perfect. Too bad it's only ten minutes long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubanmiamiboy Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 But ten minutes of devilish series of jetes, pirouettes tour jetes and everything in between for the man..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fadedhour Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 There's a great feature on this program from CNN, if anyone's interested, with several clips from the ballets performed: http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2014/02/06/spc-art-of-movement-ballet.cnn.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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