Carmina Burana: Webre exits with a bang

Par Hilary Stroh, 16 avril 2016

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“a generous helping of the knock-about, the slapstick and the carnivalesque”

Critique faite à Kennedy Center: Eisenhower Theater, Washington, le 14 avril 2016

Carmina Burana (Septime Webre)

Thème et Variations (George Balanchine)

The Washington Ballet

Jonathan Jordan, Danse

Sona Kharatian, Danse

Gian Carlo Perez, Danse

Venus Villa, Danse

Kansas City Ballet’s ALICE: a riot of creative dysfunction

Hilary Stroh, 11th October

Webre’s screwball ALICE (in Wonderland) for the Kansas City Ballet is colorful and packed with excellent performances.

*****

Dorothy comes home: The Wizard of Oz returns to Kansas City Ballet

Hilary Stroh, 13th May

Septime Webre's irrepressible reinvention of Dorothy, Kansas and Oz is back at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

****1

HK Phil en pointe in a satisfying mixed programme

Christopher Halls, 1st May

Chiyan Wong excels in Ravel, part of a diverse programme of music and dance from the Hong Kong Phil and Ballet conducted by Christoph Koncz.

****1

Dorothy's back in Kansas

Hilary Stroh, 12th October

A triumphant world première of Septime Webre's Wizard of Oz in Kansas City.

*****

Webre's last Director's Cut

Hilary Stroh, 25th February

Energy, Fun and Experimentation: Watchwords of the season at the Washington National Ballet

****1

Webre's Alice in Washington

Hilary Stroh, 8th May

Septime Webre’s Alice in Wonderland is a visual tour de force for the Washington Ballet.

***11

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Hilary Stroh

Hilary is an independent scholar and academic historian, based in DC. She has a background in violin, piano and ballet. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, she has recently published her first two books.

Rambunctious Dynamism in Webre's Carmina Burana in Washington