Danse et influences

By Anne-Laure Faubert, 28 September 2015

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Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Palais Garnier, Paris on 25 September 2015

Défilé du Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris

Création ( Millepied ) (Benjamin Millepied)

Theme and Variations (George Balanchine)

Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris

Philippe Jordan, Conductor

Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

LA Dance Project: a fugitive Romeo & Juliet Suite in New York

Carla Escoda, 3rd March

Benjamin Millepied's Romeo & Juliet Suite for LA Dance Project, to Prokofiev sliced and diced, has arrived in New York. Stunningly staged, with a puzzling shortage of characters.

**111

Boulez, Millepied and Salonen at New York Philharmonic

David Wolfson, 9th October

Pierre Boulez’ Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna is choreograped by Benjamin Millepied for a New York Philharmonic performance, led by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

***11

SF Ballet's Program 2 is a Kaleidoscope of Vibrant Works

Terez Rose, 12th February

Artful patterns come to life in San Francisco Ballet’s Program 2, Kaleidoscope, which opened last Tuesday night at the War Memorial Opera House.

****1

Ratmansky's Namouna stands out in NYCB's Here/Now

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 2nd March

Alexei Ratmansky and Justin Peck are all the more impressive among choreographers working today because of how many of their works seem destined to stay in the repertoire for a long time to come.

***11

Bright, Fast, Cool, Blue

Jaime Robles, 13th February

From the ethereal to the galavanting, the program offered a spectrun of emotions delivered with precise technique and abandoned energy.

*****

A Millepied première at ABT

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 25th October

There is some good dancing in Benjamin Millepied's I Felt the Earth Move but it missed the mark as far as emotional content is concerned.

***11

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Anne-Laure Faubert

Diplômée de Sciences-Po Paris, Anne-Laure y a également étudié l’art et la littérature. Elle travaille ensuite dans les secteurs privé et public où elle suit notamment les audits de grandes institutions culturelles. Elle tient un blog depuis 2010 sur le ballet, la musique baroque et les voyages et écrit pour une fondation. Elle a créé en 2014 une société de médiation culturelle axée sur le costume et en 2015 une marque de gastronomie culturelle.

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