Friday, March 19

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An interview with Hugo Marchand by Roslyn Sulcas in The New York Times.

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Hugo Marchand talks about his memoir, “Danser,” about the intensity of the company and about dancing with Anselm Kiefer paintings.

 

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A review of San Francisco Ballet by Rita Felciano for danceviewtimes.com.

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Rowe’s ‘Wooden Dimes” starred a beautiful Sarah Van Patten as Betty Fine, an ambitious  show dancer with an ordinary name. She loses the love of her life Rober Fine (Luke Ingham) to the glamour of stardom. It’s about as sentimental a tale as you would ever want, but Rowe squeezed something of a plausible story from the cliché. She does it with wit, a touch of irony and a dollop of sweetness. Shaping it as a film, may have offered her a Busby Berkeley fan dance and some odd visual perspectives, but it also kept the work oddly chopped. Having the poor slob of a lose out to his buddies and a wooden table (á la William Forsythe) also made for some awkward moments.

 

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The Orchestre de Paris presents an illustrated "Firebird."

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It’s only at the Dance of the Firebird that we see Meurisse in action – working at a desk above the orchestra and illuminated by a table lamp – painting Prince Ivan trying to capture the Firebird, seizing a burning feather. Wristy flicks of the brush reflect the skittish music. Paint bleeds into washes, cartoon princesses frolic, charcoal is scuffed across the page to form the stone guardians of the evil sorcerer’s palace. The noble horn theme and general rejoicing of the finale result in a charming image of Ivan and his princess watching the firebird fly off, their palace in the distance.