Child's minimalist choreography seduces Berlin

Par Katja Vaghi, 15 août 2015

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“The dancers were so synchronized in their execution many [...] speculated about a secret conductor”

Critique faite à Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, le 13 août 2015

Available Light (Lucinda Childs)

(La) Horde tape dans le mille avec Roommates au Centquatre

Julie Jozwiak, 2nd April

Dans le cadre du festival Séquence Danse, le Ballet national de Marseille et son collectif de directeurs artistiques ont proposé un spectacle ambitieux et intelligent en six temps.

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Available Light: symbolique bien qu'ephémère

Laurine Mortha, 3rd November

Pour l’édition 2015 du Festival d’Automne à Paris, Lucinda Childs et sa troupe revisitent Available Light, une chorégraphie emblématique du minimalisme, créée en 1983.

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The marvelous, disarming Sons of Echo at the Joyce Theater

Carla Escoda, 14th January

A rare opportunity to see five male ballet superstars – notably Alban Lendorf, in great form long after injury sidelined him – in an intimate theater, in work exclusively by women.

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The inspired and the prosaic at Fall for Dance at New York City Center

Carla Escoda, 20th September

A perfect triple bill became a less perfect quadruple bill. Brilliant performances by dancers from Gibney, kNoname Artist, Paris Opera étoiles rarely seen in New York and – a rarity these days – live musicians.

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Four New Works by Lucinda Childs: classic postmodernism

Katja Vaghi, 7th December

Lucinda Childs presents four new works at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, appearing on stage as a youthful 84, in one of them.

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Die Mischung macht’s: eine junge alte Salome an der Volksoper Wien

Snapdragon, 22nd September

Die Volksoper holt mit Luc Bondys Salome eine altbewährte Inszenierung ans Haus. Trotzdem bleibt dieses Werk spannend, gerade wenn man eine umwerfende Salome wie Astrid Kessler zur Verfügung hat.

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Katja Vaghi

With a background in Dance Studies, Literature and Linguistics (MA English Studies from Zurich University and PhD in dance philosophy from the University of Roehampton in London) and a formation as a modern dancer (Ballet Arts, NYC), Katja is a freelance dancer, choreographer, dance researcher and dramaturge currently living in Berlin.

John Adams, Lucinda Childs and Frank O. Gehry: Available Light at Tanz im August, Berlin