dirac Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 A review of American Ballet Theatre by Ivy Lin for Bachtrack. Quote American Ballet Theatre brings back Romeo and Juliet year after year, but truth be told it’s been a long time since I’ve seen a performance that was truly memorable. Thankfully, the performance I saw had two very worthy leads in Catherine Hurlin and Calvin Royal III. Link to comment
dirac Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 A review of American Ballet Theatre in "Woolf Works" by Jennifer Homans in The New Yorker. Quote The final act is based on “The Waves” (1931), perhaps Woolf’s most experimental work, but McGregor’s real interest here is her suicide, on Friday, March 28, 1941. The act is titled “Tuesday,” the day at the top of a suicide note that Woolf wrote to her husband, probably some days before, as she struggled with the mental illness that had plagued her intermittently all her life. The dance begins with a recording of Gillian Anderson reading the note, while Ferri stands center stage, listening under a large projection of slowly breaking waves. What follows is a repetitive and conventional dance by men, women, and children pretending to be water and waves. Ferri walks into their midst and is gradually taken into their flow. Toward the end, the watery corps de ballet bows to the four corners of the world, and one of the wave-men finally lays poor Ferri down on her back and slips into the receding sea, as the lights dim. Link to comment
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