Kiss me, Katya: Bolshoi's Shrew a slinky, sexy delight

Par Mark Pullinger, 04 août 2016

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“a liberal squeeze of lemon which demonstrates that this company... can produce tangy new work”

Critique faite à Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres, le 3 août 2016

The Taming of the Shrew (Jean-Christophe Maillot)

Bolshoi Ballet

Igor Dronov, Direction

Ernest Pignon-Ernest, Décors

Augustin Maillot, Costumes

Ekaterina Krysanova, Danse

Vladislav Lantratov, Danse

Olga Smirnova, Danse

Semyon Chudin, Danse

Artemy Belyakov, Danse

Anna Tikhomirova, Danse

Orchestre du Théâtre Bolchoï

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, du mystère d'Eyal à la joie de Maillot

Julie Jozwiak, 28th February

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo sont enfin de retour à Paris avec un programme contrasté : le fascinant Autodance de Sharon Eyal puis le ballet historique Vers un pays sage de Jean-Christophe Maillot.

***11

LAC ou le "scandale du mal"

Anne-Laure Faubert, 6th June

Jean-Christophe Maillot chorégraphie un ballet à mi-chemin entre le cinéma expressionniste allemand dans son Prologue et les codes de la danse néo-classique. Il s'interroge sur les notions de bien et de mal, les désirs plus ou moins assumés du Prince. Une soirée dont on ne sort pas indemne.

****1

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo: Cendrillon through a psychological lens

Elsa Giovanna Simonetti, 15th February

A deeply psychological version of the fairytale, Jean-Christophe Maillot's Cendrillon provides ample opportunities for the whole cast to delve into their characters and rise to the technical challenges.

****1

World ballet stars and future talents at Ballet Nights’ Decadance

Vikki Jane Vile, 4th February

Ballet Nights is an ambitious dance project that began two and a half years ago and was the brainchild of founder, Jamiel Devernay-Laurence. Lots to applaud while celebrating its tenth programme.

****1

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo’s Ma Bayadère is a stunning reinvention

Elsa Giovanna Simonetti, 27th December

Splendid and impeccable, endowed with striking virtuosity, the corps de ballet functions both as choir and living scenography, accompanying and sustaining the protagonists. Ma Bayadère in Monte-Carlo is spectacular.

****1

Triunfo absoluto del Romeo y Julieta de Jean-Christophe Maillot

Daniel Martínez Babiloni, 28th June

El Palau de Les Arts presenta el poético e histórico Romeo y Julieta coreografiado de los Ballets de Monte-Carlo.

*****

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.