Une lecture africaine et ultra-féministe de Giselle par Dada Masilo

Par Laurine Mortha, 25 décembre 2018

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Critique faite à La Grande Halle, Parc de La Villette, Paris, le 20 décembre 2018

Giselle (Dada Masilo)

Dada Masilo / The Dance Factory

Communion of Light: Joburg Ballet makes a promising UK debut

Deborah Weiss, 30th October

Joburg Ballet makes a promising, if somewhat initially tentative, UK debut with a programme of five works, four by South African choreographers.

***11

Dada Masilo's The Sacrifice was powerful and magical dance theatre

Graham Watts, 21st February

An African reimagining of The Rite of Spring, it combines solos that fizz with electric currents and ends with an unforgettable, arresting experience.

*****

Giselle retold as a story of lust, indifference and revenge

Graham Watts, 4th October

A South African Giselle of spell-binding intensity at Sadler's Wells.

****1

Dada Masilo’s Giselle Reclaims her Power

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 3rd April

Dada Masilo’s Giselle is about her redemption, not his.

****1

Dada Masilo’s Modern Fairy Tale

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 2nd February

Dada Masilo is a delightful performer whose warmth and goodwill instantly captures your heart.

****1

William Kentridge’s miscellany hour

Rebecca Lentjes, 24th October

William Kentridge’s chamber opera Refuse the Hour emerged amid a hurricane of clashing out-of-sync metronomes, frenetic choreography, African drumming, brass glissandi, and sound-making contraptions.

***11

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Laurine Mortha

Danseuse amatrice depuis 20 ans, Laurine est une habituée des scènes parisiennes, classiques et contemporaines, et a été chorégraphe d'une comédie musicale amateur.