grace Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 last night i saw, for the first time, some choreography by Australian Simon Dow, the previous AD of Milwaukee Ballet, now AD of West Australian Ballet. two of his works were presented, a pas de deux from Spartacus, and his Rite of Spring. i wonder whether any members have seen any of his works before, and can offer any thoughts about either of these works, OR about his choreography in general? postscript: i think this 'rite of spring' is a new creation. Link to comment
grace Posted September 6, 2003 Author Share Posted September 6, 2003 picking up my thread with zero replies, eight months later: still no takers? :shrug: Link to comment
glebb Posted September 6, 2003 Share Posted September 6, 2003 Sorry Grace. Though I knew Simon in NYC many years ago and have heard wonderful reports about him as a teacher, I've never seen his ballets. Link to comment
Alexandra Posted September 6, 2003 Share Posted September 6, 2003 Simon Dow danced with Washington Ballet for several years (very nice dancer) and was assistant (or possibly associate, I forget) artistic director for a year -- one of the poor fellow who came in thinking they had the company only to find that Miss Day still reigned. I saw one of his ballets then -- very after Forsythe, during the period when Forsythe's "ballets" had some dancers doing nonstop movement with others walking around with odd things on their heads. I also saw a piece he did for a workshop at WB, a very heartfelt work about AIDS that I didn't find very interesting as choreography. (I'd also say that he had the reputation here for being a very, very nice person as well as an excellent teacher, especially good at working with dancers who are injured, with a gift for slowly bringing them back to fighting shape.) Link to comment
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