Fewer words, more heart: Wheeldon underwhelms in TAB’s Oscar

Ako Kondo as The Nightingale in Christopher Wheeldon's Oscar

Jarryd Madden as Oscar in Christopher Wheeldon's Oscar

Adam Elmes and Jarryd Madden in Christopher Wheeldon's Oscar

The Australian Ballet in Christopher Wheeldon's Oscar

Ako Kondo and The Australian Ballet in Christopher Wheeldon's Oscar

Sharni Spencer and Jarryd Madden in Christopher Wheeldon's Oscar

Par Katie Lawrence, 10 novembre 2024

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“no complaints can be made about the dancing or the aesthetics of Oscar”

Critique faite à Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney, le 8 novembre 2024

Oscar (Christopher Wheeldon)

The Australian Ballet

David Hallberg, Mise en scène

Jean-Marc Puissant, Décors, Costumes

Opera Australia Orchestra

Jarryd Madden, Danse

Adam Elmes, Danse

Ako Kondo, Danse

Sharni Spencer, Danse

Les « Racines » inégales du Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris à Bastille

Laurine Mortha, 6th October

Entre une pièce des années 1950 de Balanchine et les deux créations récentes des chorégraphes Mthuthuzeli November et Christopher Wheeldon, le programme mixte néo-classique produit un effet mitigé.

***11

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Programme Y

Anne-Laure Faubert, 8th July

A l’occasion de la 13° édition des Etés de la Danse, l'Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater prend ses quartiers à la Seine Musicale.

Un hommage à Pierre Boulez hétéroclite

Laurine Mortha, 5th December

Avec une soirée mixte réunissant les chorégraphies de Christopher Wheeldon, Wayne McGregor et Pina Bausch, l’Opéra de Paris rend hommage au compositeur et chef d’orchestre contemporain Pierre Boulez.

****1

Atlanta Ballet shines in a mixed contemporary program

Rebecca Ehrhardt, 3rd April

Atlanta Ballet's Golden Hour program featured two world premieres and the Atlanta premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour.

*****

NYCB: Ratmansky’s The Naked King is not satire, but good fun

Ivy Lin, 7th February

New York City Ballet presents a very entertaining quadruple bill which includes Alexei Ratmansky’s latest work, The Naked King, showing off the company’s comic talents.

****1

The Royal Ballet’s Like Water for Chocolate is sumptuous but complex

Amanda Jennings, 1st October

The Royal Ballet’s season opener, Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate, is visually tremendous, very well danced but the many principal and soloist characters are difficult to keep up with.

****1

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Katie Lawrence

Katie Lawrence has a background in ballet, jazz, and contemporary, and spent much of her adolescence in the dressing room of dance eisteddfods. She is still mildly triggered by the smell of hairspray. She is now a regular in Sydney's dance audience crowd and can often be found at Sydney Dance Company and Tanya Pearson adult classes.

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