Giselle retold as a story of lust, indifference and revenge

Par Graham Watts, 08 octobre 2019

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“It may have taken 176 years... but Albrecht finally gets his just desserts”

Critique faite à Sadler's Wells Theatre, Londres, le 4 octobre 2019

Giselle (Dada Masilo)

Dada Masilo / The Dance Factory

Dada Masilo, Danse

Lwando Dutyulwa, Danse

Tshepo Zasekhaya, Danse

Sinazo Bokolo, Danse

Liyabuya Gongo, Danse

Llewellyn Mnguni, Danse

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

Laurine Mortha, 20th December

La danseuse et chorégraphe sud-africaine Dada Masilo présente en décembre sa nouvelle création Giselle au Théâtre de la Villette. Dans la lignée de ces précédentes chorégraphies telles que Swan Lake, Dada Masilo revisite une fois de plus un grand chef d’œuvre classique en l’ancrant dans la société sud-africaine contemporaine

****1

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.

*****

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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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.

Dada Masilo: Giselle retold as a story of lust, indifference and revenge