dirac Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 A review of Matthew Bourne's "The Car Man" by Mark Pullinger for Bachtrack. Quote There’s never a printed synopsis in a New Adventures programme. Sir Matthew Bourne is one of dance’s great storytellers, so there’s really no need. Where Christopher Wheeldon’s (very fine) new creation Like Water for Chocolate comes with a verbose 1100-word synopsis, The Car Man pitches up carrying no such baggage, just cast biographies and an interview with Bourne about the work’s history and how he's revised it for the company’s debut at the Royal Albert Hall. Link to comment
dirac Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 A review of the National Ballet of Canada by Rebecca Ritzel in The Globe and Mail. Quote Her [Karen Kain's] greatest accomplishment in this Swan Lake may be the corps. She has shown that the National Ballet can put 24 women in white tutus and make the audience melt, not only because of the beauty and precision in their steps, but also because of the way these swans epitomize female friendship, rather than an ideal born of the male gaze. Link to comment
dirac Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 Q&A with Siphesihle November of the NBoC. Quote What is it about ballet that speaks to you? One thing that I do really enjoy is the pursuit of perfection. Some people don’t understand that it doesn’t exist, but knowing that it doesn’t exist makes the journey to try and get there really exciting. You know, that feeling where someone says “wow that was perfect” even though they know it wasn’t, but there’s something about it that speaks to perfection – that’s where the magic is Link to comment
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