kbarber Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 http://asia.rbth.com/arts/2015/09/23/boris_eifman_ballet_is_at_a_crossroads_49489.html (Ironic that he unveils a statue of Balanchine then says, "choreographers and dancers have realized that endless infatuation with abstract ballet is a dead end.") Link to comment
DanielBenton Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Interesting. Of course Balanchine said it was incorrect to call his ballets abstract. Maybe Eifman is referring to other choreographers? Link to comment
Natalia Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I love the idea of a museum on ballet in THE city of ballet. Sure, the little but grand Vaganova Academy Museum exists but it is not open to the public. (I've been there only as a researcher.) It's about time that StP gets an accessible ballet museum. As got the Balanchine statue, this is so appropriate on many levels. Eifman, after all, choreographed the only (to date) ballet about Balanchine, MUSAGETE. Whether NYCB regulars love it or not, it was very successful when performed by Eifman's own troupe & garnered the Golden Mask on the year of its Russian premiere Link to comment
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