The Royal Ballet keeps the Cunningham flame aglow

Por Graham Watts, 15 octubre 2019

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“a slice of vintage Americana given a modern twist”

Crítica hecha desde Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, Londres el 11 octubre 2019

Cross Currents (Merce Cunningham)

Monotones II (Sir Frederick Ashton)

Everyone Keeps Me (Pam Tanowitz)

The Royal Ballet

Sir Frederick Ashton, Diseño de escena

Merce Cunningham, Diseño de vestuario

John B. Read, Diseño de iluminación

Clifton Taylor, Diseño de iluminación

Fay Fullerton, Diseño de vestuario

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Joseph Sissens, Bailarín

Romany Pajdak, Bailarín

Julia Roscoe, Bailarín

David Donnelly, Bailarín

Téo Dubreuil, Bailarín

Gina Storm-Jensen, Bailarín

Robert Clark, Piano

Anna Rose O'Sullivan, Bailarín

Liam Francis Dance Company in Alchemy: an absorbing London debut

Daniel Pratt, 7th November

Liam Francis Dance Company at The Place brings an instinctive and intelligent debut for a choreographer in-step with what it is to be a dance artist now.

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NYCB's winter season begins with Peck's brand new “sneaker ballet”

Ivy Lin, 27th January

The NYCB dancers are very at-home in this idiom, and they threw themselves wholeheartedly into this ballet. It was never less than watchable, but the music cried out for more avante-garde choreography than Peck provided.

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Cunningham vs Sciarroni : deux esthétiques en miroir au Centquatre

Julie Jozwiak, 18th December

Le Festival d’Automne 2019 propose un dernier spectacle centré sur la figure de Merce Cunningham avec le Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon, comprenant une œuvre psychédélique d'Alessandro Sciarroni.

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‘The Future Bursts in’ with Dance Umbrella

Sarah Kirkup, 24th October

Amala Dianor and CNN Ballet de Lorraine channel the US choreographer in two UK premieres and a Cunningham classic, all brilliantly performed.

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Trois Ballets célèbrent le centenaire Cunningham à Chaillot

Laurine Mortha, 22nd October

Le Festival d’Automne célèbre le centenaire de la naissance du chorégraphe américain Merce Cunningham. À Chaillot, le programme « Trois Ballets » réunit l’Opéra de Paris, le Royal Ballet et le Ballet Royal de Flandre.

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Cunningham en miroir : le CCN Ballet de Lorraine à Chaillot

Julie Jozwiak, 13th October

Merce Cunningham est mis à l'honneur par le Festival d'Automne. À Chaillot, le CCN Ballet de Lorraine et ses directeurs, Petter Jacobsson et Thomas Caley, rendent un bel hommage au chorégraphe américain.

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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.