dirac Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 A review of the Royal Ballet by Joy Sable in The Jewish Chronicle. Quote It is a hugely moving work, with Lauren Cuthbertson giving a tour de force performance as the young woman, crippled by the loss of her ability to play the music she loves. In a novel move, the cello is given life in the form of Marcelino Sambe, who cleverly takes the form of the instrument and moves with lyricism and incredible fluidity. Sarah Kirkup's review for Bachtrack. Quote Sambé is wonderful, a spinning, swirling, sliding shape-shifter with a life and identity of his own, even when he’s being manoeuvred by teachers, parents, du Pré’s husband Daniel Barenboim (a dashing Matthew Ball) and Jackie herself. He’s otherworldly, yet also strangely human, his facial expressions conveying a multitude of emotions – from ecstasy at being played, to forlorn dejection as du Pré’s multiple sclerosis robs her of her talent. How can an instrument’s soul speak if forced to remain silent? Link to comment
dirac Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 An interview with Cathy Marston. Quote Disease is inevitably depicted, although “it’s not a ballet about MS”. Marston’s mother suffers from the condition, so “it’s got a bit of a personal resonance and I wanted to approach it with great sensitivity obviously. We’re looking at it from an experiential point of view rather than a scientific one – how it feels, rather than the exact way the body attacks itself.” Link to comment
dirac Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 An interview with New York City Ballet dancer Christina Clark. Quote Amid balancing a professional dance career and her coursework, Clark still manages to immerse herself in the Columbia dance scene. This semester, she will serve as the student choreographer for Columbia Ballet Collaborative, a student-run dance group with an emphasis on curating new works every semester. Link to comment
dirac Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 A review of Milwaukee Ballet by Lauren Warnecke for Milwaukee magazine. Quote It is the story of Diaghilev, and the dancers and choreographers with which he surrounded himself, that fuel O’Donnell’s contribution to Ballet Russe Reimagined in the closing piece, called Sacre. O’Donnell’s reimagination is of Vaslav Nijinsky’s The Rite of Spring (2013), based on a pagan Russian myth about a springtime ritual in which a young girl is sacrificed to the gods by dancing to death. It’s the broader idea of sacrifice that O’Donnell honed in on, with a one-act narrative about Diaghilev, Nijinsky, and other real-life figures involved in the Ballets Russes. Link to comment
dirac Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 Benjamin Millepied denies signing an open letter protesting the firing of the artistic director of Lyon Opera Ballet. Quote Millepied posted on Twitter: “I didn’t sign this letter; any suggestion I support discrimination against dancers is false. This is a French legal matter and appropriate process should be respected.” Link to comment
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