Neoclassical idioms of PNB's repertoire

Par Pia Lo, 28 septembre 2015

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“This program [...] fuels anticipation for the season ahead.”

Critique faite à Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, le 26 septembre 2015

Tide Harmonic (Christopher Wheeldon)

The Prodigal Son (George Balanchine)

The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody) (Jerome Robbins)

Pacific Northwest Ballet

Josua Grant, Danse

Maria Chapman, Danse

James Moore, Danse

Laura Tisserand, 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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Pia Lo

Pia Lo is a Dance Ambassador for the Canadian Dance Assembly and travels extensively to find the stories that shape the dance world. In her travels, she has taken company class with the Bolshoi Ballet, pirouetted on the Mariinsky stage and shimmied with belly dancers of The Reda Troupe. She is trained in Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Hip Hop and other styles. In her other life, she holds a Finance degree and works at an international bank. Pia shares her stories on here.

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