dirac Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 A review of San Francisco Ballet by Janice Berman for San Francisco Classical Voice. Quote We could pause here for a discussion of why the Scarlett piece was dropped; the choreographer’s guilt or innocence remains at this writing an open question. But these are uncommon times, and in the #MeToo era, the San Francisco Ballet has been untainted by so much as a whiff of scandal. Why risk guilt by association now? Link to comment
dirac Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 A review of Tulsa Ballet in "Dorothy and the Prince of Oz" by James D. Watts Jr. for Tulsa World. Quote Librettist and composer Oliver Peter Graber drew from two of the later books in L. Frank Baum’s series of Oz novels to create the ballet’s story, about the rulers of warring kingdoms whose marriage was supposed to bring peace. However, the plans and desires King Sapphire (Arman Zazyan) and Queen Diamond (Sena Hidaka) for their son the Prince (Jun Masuda) create such animosity that the queen basically kidnaps her child and ultimately declares war on the father. Link to comment
dirac Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 Carlos Acosta talks about food. Quote The Acosta Dance Company eats a free lunch, everyone sitting down together in a tiny room at 1pm. It’s important we see ourselves as a collective and have good vibes for each other but that we can disconnect from dancing and each of us bring their own life and its thoughts and problems to the table. I think it enhances the dance by breaking from it for food together. Link to comment
dirac Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 A review of New York City Ballet by Carol Pardo for danceviewtimes. Quote "There are no new steps, only new combinations". So said George Balanchine. At New York City Ballet, the company he founded, that statement has given rise to the rubric New Combinations, most often incorporating a new work, and other modern or modern-looking works; tutus and tiaras need not apply. Such was the case here, with wholesale debuts in "Voices', Alexei Ratmansky's newest ballet, just under two weeks old, and Christopher Wheeldon's "Polyphonia" which turns twenty next year. They were programmed with Justin Peck's "Bright", new last year and Jerome Robbins' "Opus 19/The Dreamer" new over forty years ago. Novelty, chronologically at least, is relative. Link to comment
dirac Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 A preview of a ballet gala to be held in Cyprus. Quote Through a contemporary approach, the dancers will interpret extracts of classical ballets. Among the artists of the gala are the award-winning Alexander Volchkov, Nina Kaptsova, Ruslav Skvortsov, Anastasia Goryacheva, Igor Kolb, Oxana Bondareva and Denis Savin. Link to comment
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