Laments and combats: Deep emotions in Monteverdi Ballets at Spitalfields

Par Cristina de Lucas, 19 juin 2013

Chargement en cours, veuillez patienter...

Voir le listing complet

Critique faite à Village Underground, Londres, le 17 juin 2013

Il combattimento de Tancredi e Clorinda (Botis Seva, Robia Milliner Brown, Ajani Johnson-Goffe, Tony Adigun)

Avant Garde Dance

East London Dance

Early Opera Company

Christian Curnyn, Direction

Sophie Junker, Soprano

Sam Furness, Ténor

William Berger, Baryton

Fagin's Twist is back at The Place

Graham Watts, 25th September

A fresh and surprising take on Dickens' classic tale

****1

The Place Prize: Semi-Final 1

Erin Johnson, 16th September

The Fifth Edition of The Place Prize is in full swing as the first four semi-finalists presented their work Saturday night to a sold-out audience.

***11

At the World's Edge with London Sinfonietta in Spitalfields

Paul Kilbey, 19th June

It’s all about puppets at the moment, from War Horse to Madama Butterfly – even Studio Ghibli’s complicated cult film Princess Mononoke has had the puppet treatment – and the latest musical project to do the string thing, so to speak, is from the London Sinfonietta.

***11

The Opera Group: Bow Down

Paul Kilbey, 13th June

Two sisters, a knight, a miller, and a blind harpist. Such is the cast of Tony Harrison and Harrison Birtwistle's Bow Down, their 1977 music-theatre piece currently being toured around the UK by The Opera Group. It's an elemental, mythic piece, but also a testament to the endless capacity for novelty that old, grim folk tales like this have.

***11

Les Affamés de Marion Motin manquent de substance au Châtelet

Iris Régnier, 21st May

La dernière création de la danseuse et chorégraphe, difficile à comprendre, laisse perplexe.

**111

Requiem(s) de Preljocaj, trop-plein d'émotions sensible et confus

Julie Jozwiak, 6th May

Mettant en scène une multitude de représentations du deuil, le spectacle offre un patchwork contrasté et inégal, avec des moments bouleversants comme des enchaînements décousus.

***11

Plus de critiques...

Cristina de Lucas

After a career in the legal field where she combined her job as an Attorney at Law with collaborative roles in various local and international cultural enterprises, Cristina de Lucas turned to dance research and criticism in 2009, when she moved to London. She obtained her doctorate from the Department of Dance at the University of Roehampton (London). Her fully-funded thesis focused on the confluence between dance and narrative in the repertory of the British choreographer Kenneth MacMillan. Her research has received several awards, such a full Vice-Chancellor scholarship and the 2014 SDHS Graduate Student Travel Grant. She also reviews dance and cinema, contributing regularly to several publications in Spain and UK.