Acogny & Airaudo/École des Sables: a riveting double bill

Germaine Acogny and Malou Airaudo in common ground[s]

École de Sables in Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring

Von Graham Watts, 08 November 2024

Laden, bitte warten...

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“the African bush is silently spectacular and the gradually unravelling imagery is worth the wait”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, am 6 November 2024

Le Sacre du printemps (Pina Bausch)

common ground(s) (Germaine Acogny, Malou Airaudo)

École des Sables

BallettFestwochen 2016 beginnen mit Pina Bausch

Norman Schwarze, 3rd April

Unter großem Applaus präsentierte das Bayerische Staatsballett zum Auftakt der Münchner Ballettfestwochen eine Premiere von Pina Bauschs Tanztheater Für die Kinder von gestern, heute und morgen.

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Pina's Vollmond

Pia Savoie, 7th November

Das Tanztheater Wuppertal setzt seine Tour mit Vorstellungen von Vollmond in Ottawa und bald Montréal fort.

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Pina Bausch’s Kontakthof – Echoes of ‘78: poignant reality

Graham Watts, 7th April

A reimagining of Pina Bausch's 1978 Kontakthof by Meryl Tankard brings together eight of the original cast members in a unique and poignant revival.

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Sweet Mambo: charismatic masters of Pina Bausch at Sadler’s Wells

Graham Watts, 12th February

Sweet Mambo was one of those rare evenings that felt very special, unique in the sense of watching history revisited in the present day.

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Rites in Antwerp: a towering triple bill for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

Elsa Giovanna Simonetti, 17th January

In Rites, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen confirm its status as a leading contemporary dance company with a formidable triple bill, technically demanding for both dancers and orchestra.

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L'intimité de Joséphine Baker et la puissance du Sacre au TCE

Iris Régnier, 24th September

En associant Joséphine Baker dans un solo de Germaine Acogny et Pina Bausch avec son mythique Sacre du printemps, le TCE rend hommage à son histoire et à deux grandes artistes.

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.