dirac Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 A review of the National Ballet of Japan by Naomi Mori for Bachtrack. Quote Three major ballet companies in Japan (National Ballet of Japan, K-Ballet Tokyo and Tokyo Ballet) are coincidentally mounting La Bayadère, a Petipa classic, this year. National Ballet of Japan has revived its version choreographed by their former director, Asami Maki, which premiered in 2000. Maki’s version is based on the original Petipa choreography, and her aim was to refine this 19th century classic by not including some of the added choreography, but to focus on the sheer beauty of classical ballet. Link to comment
dirac Posted May 5 Author Share Posted May 5 Smuin Contemporary Ballet presents a new piece using the music of Elvis Presley. Quote Coincidence plays a bigger role in creating art than most people realize, and Amsterdam-based choreographer Lopez Ochoa knows it first hand. In 2017, when he was re-mounting her work “Requiem for a Rose” for Smuin Ballet, she went with artistic director Celia Fushille to watch the company perform it. She noticed that another work on the program made use of popular songs for the score, and she commented that if she were to do that, she would choose Elvis tunes. Link to comment
dirac Posted May 5 Author Share Posted May 5 Orlando Ballet will be the first American ballet troupe to present Kenneth Tindall's "Casanova." Quote Orlando Ballet artistic director Jorden Morris says the arrangement portends “the future of making big, expensive, lavish ballets more accessible to the public.” The arrangement, which has been in the works for two years, has the three ballet companies sharing the costs of transporting the show’s lavish costumes and scenery from Europe to the U.S and back. Link to comment
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