Dada Masilo’s Modern Fairy Tale

Par Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 04 février 2016

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“raucous, rambunctious and heartfelt”

Critique faite à Joyce Theater, New York, le 2 février 2016

Le Lac des cygnes (Dada Masilo)

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

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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.

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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.

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Dada Masilo’s Giselle Reclaims her Power

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 3rd April

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

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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.

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Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Andrew is currently a professional chef in New York City but he began life as a ballet dancer with the Hartford and Ohio Ballet companies. His writing also appears on the Huffington Post Blog and BroadwayWorld.com. His latest work, nominated for a James Beard Award, is “Return to the Rivers”, a Himalayan cookbook.

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