Monday, September 18

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A review of the National Ballet of Canada by Leigh Witchel for dancelog.nyc.

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Whatever music it was from liturgical to electronic, Pite used it like wallpaper. The choral music by Tchaikovsky and Morten Lauridsen seemed disconnected from the action that happened as it played.

Galway and November returned for another duet of seemingly deep emotions that came out of nowhere. It invoked the query of choreography workshop leaders everywhere: “who are these people?” November held Galway’s head as she finally came to rest and the music stilled. Others came out to surround them in the silence until they filled the whole stage. The Tchaikovsky resumed and the cast went from a free-form amoeba to everyone falling to the floor as if asleep