Hagoromo: a Tale of Heaven and Humanity

Par Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 08 novembre 2015

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“a good theatrical experience”

Critique faite à BAM: Harvey Theater, New York, le 7 novembre 2015

Hagoromo (David Neumann)

New York City Ballet

Nicholas DeMaison, Direction

David Michalek, Mise en scène

Sara Brown, Décors

Wendy Whelan, Danse

Jock Soto, Danse

International Contemporary Ensemble

Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Katalin Karolyi, Contralto

Peter Tantsits, Ténor

Claire Chase, Flûte

Rebekah Heller, Basson

Chris M. Green, Marionnettiste

Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded fails to take flight at the Met

Kevin W Ng, 23rd September

A star-making turn from Emily D'Angelo can't rescue Jeanine Tesori's uninspiring new opera with which the Met opens its new season.

**111

Japan's Architanz 2014

Naomi Mori, 11th February

Ballet studio Architanz held a gala with two world premieres and also a farewell performance to the beloved star Robert Tewsley.

***11

Citizen

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 14th December

Citizen is about many things and, while race is certainly central, there is also the question of what it means to belong, not to belong and to not even want to belong.

***11

John Jasper: Remains

Rachel Rizzuto, 21st September

John Jasperse once more proves himself the master of form, function and, in this case, danceable art history.

****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

Big Dance Theater's Alan Smithee

Ivan Talijancic, 30th September

Alan Smithee Directed This Play at the Brooklyn Academy of Music is another quirky, and inventive piece , by Big Dance Theater.

***11

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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.