sandik Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 6 hours ago, Jayne said: I saw the final performance. I enjoyed the Poulanc music, and the choreography was structured with similarity to Opus 19: The Dreamer. I didn’t love it, though I was prepared to. Angelica Generosa was effective, but it’s not a great work. It’s just not. I like Slingerland, and Laura Tisserand and Karel Cruz danced well. But the audience deserves live musicians. Red Angels was a mixed. The concert master performed the violin solo, and the opening couple danced a not-quite-fully-baked version. Sarah Pasch and Dammiel Cruz. Things were neither authoritative, snappy, or breathtaking enough. The second couple - Cecilia Iliesiu and Dylan Wald - were perfectly baked Red Angel cakes. Everything was spot on. The less said about the table writhing “ballet” the better. I will never sit through this ballet again. At this point I don't expect Ezra T to make "great" work -- I want him to make progress with every work he makes. Performing artists, and the people who create what they perform, are often stuck between a rock and a hard place. You learn to make things by making them, and unlike painters and novelists, it's hard for composers or choreographers to make a work and then put it away as a good learning experience. I thought this was a big step forward for him, and was glad to see it. I did think there were some similarities with Opus 19, especially in the ambiguity of some relationships (basically, who is dead and who is alive). I also saw some echos of Tudor's Dark Elegies, in the use of the ensemble upstage, but it could be a coincidence. Link to comment
Jayne Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 (edited) I would very much like PNB to perform Dark Elegies (or invite NYDT to visit Seattle and perform it.) Edited March 27, 2018 by Jayne Link to comment
sandik Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 1 minute ago, Jayne said: I would very much like PNB to perform Dark Elegies (or invite NYDT to visit Seattle and perform it.) Oh, yes please!! Link to comment
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