Betroffenheit: Pite,Young and the beauty of grief

Por Rebecca Galloway, 07 junio 2018

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“an extraordinary piece about the beauty and sheer ugliness of survival”

Crítica hecha desde Salle Pierre-Mercure, Montreal el 5 junio 2018

Betroffenheit (Crystal Pite)

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Electric Company Theatre

English National Ballet’s Body and Soul: a very mixed bag

Deborah Weiss, 19th March

English National Ballet presents a double bill of contrasts at Sadler’s Wells with startlingly mixed results, not all positive.

***11

Strength to strength: NDT 1’s Resonance feels like a victory lap

Mark Vicente, 10th December

A triumphant evening showcasing the breadth and depth of NDT’s artistic intellect, and their dazzling versatility across various choreographic landscapes.

*****

NDT1 in Figures in Extinction: cerebral and physical excellence

Deborah Weiss, 5th November

An extraordinary evening of dance theatre of the highest quality, Figures in Extinction for Nederlands Dans Theater 1 is a thought provoking experience worth repeating.

*****

Le NDT 1 triomphe dans Figures in Extinction au Théâtre de la Ville

Iris Régnier, 22nd October

Fruit d'un travail entre la chorégraphe canadienne Crystal Pite et le metteur en scène britannique Simon McBurney, Figures in Extinction est un succès incontestable, porté par une compagnie au sommet de son art.

*****

Figures in Extinction: a thrilling evening with NDT 1

Kathy Elgin, 22nd August

An evening focused on the separation of humanity from the natural world and the destruction of that world, either because of ignorance, greed or just not caring.

*****

Shadows and light: Ballet BC

Zoë Anderson, 20th May

Ballet BC’s double bill puts Crystal Pite’s marvellous, shadowy Frontier in conversation with the folk-tinged comedy of Johan Inger’s Passing.

****1

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Rebecca Galloway

Rebecca Galloway is a New Zealand-born writer and PR consultant for arts, design and culture. She studied dance for 13 years and has a degree in Art History from Victoria University of Wellington. She has held a variety of roles for organizations including the NZ School of Dance, City Gallery Wellington and Radio NZ, and was a strategic advisor to the national arts council Creative NZ. Rebecca left New Zealand for the United States, where she worked for renowned dance festival Jacob's Pillow in Massachussetts. Eventually finding herself in Montreal she fell in love and put down roots; currently splitting her time between communications for award-winning information design studio FFunction, dance criticism for a variety of publications and improving her rather patchy French. She tweets at @rtgalloway

Crystal Pite, Jonathon Young and the beauty of grief