The Royal Ballet keeps the Cunningham flame aglow

Par Graham Watts, 15 octobre 2019

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“a slice of vintage Americana given a modern twist”

Critique faite à Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, Londres, le 11 octobre 2019

Cross Currents (Merce Cunningham)

Monotones II (Sir Frederick Ashton)

Everyone Keeps Me (Pam Tanowitz)

The Royal Ballet

Sir Frederick Ashton, Décors

Merce Cunningham, Costumes

John B. Read, Lumières

Clifton Taylor, Lumières

Fay Fullerton, Costumes

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Joseph Sissens, Danse

Romany Pajdak, Danse

Julia Roscoe, Danse

David Donnelly, Danse

Téo Dubreuil, Danse

Gina Storm-Jensen, Danse

Robert Clark, Piano

Anna Rose O'Sullivan, Danse

Cunningham vs Sciarroni : deux esthétiques en miroir au Centquatre

Julie Jozwiak, 18th December

Le Festival d’Automne 2019 propose un dernier spectacle centré sur la figure de Merce Cunningham avec le Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon, comprenant une œuvre psychédélique d'Alessandro Sciarroni.

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Trois Ballets célèbrent le centenaire Cunningham à Chaillot

Laurine Mortha, 22nd October

Le Festival d’Automne célèbre le centenaire de la naissance du chorégraphe américain Merce Cunningham. À Chaillot, le programme « Trois Ballets » réunit l’Opéra de Paris, le Royal Ballet et le Ballet Royal de Flandre.

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Cunningham en miroir : le CCN Ballet de Lorraine à Chaillot

Julie Jozwiak, 13th October

Merce Cunningham est mis à l'honneur par le Festival d'Automne. À Chaillot, le CCN Ballet de Lorraine et ses directeurs, Petter Jacobsson et Thomas Caley, rendent un bel hommage au chorégraphe américain.

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Drama/no drama from New York Theatre Ballet at Judson Church

Carla Escoda, 10th April

Anthony Tudor and Merce Cunningham provided the lighter fare in a mixed bill that featured two world premieres from Kevin Iega Jeff, a veteran of the Chicago dance scene, and Julian Donahue, a newer voice.

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Liam Francis Dance Company in Alchemy: an absorbing London debut

Daniel Pratt, 7th November

Liam Francis Dance Company at The Place brings an instinctive and intelligent debut for a choreographer in-step with what it is to be a dance artist now.

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NYCB's winter season begins with Peck's brand new “sneaker ballet”

Ivy Lin, 27th January

The NYCB dancers are very at-home in this idiom, and they threw themselves wholeheartedly into this ballet. It was never less than watchable, but the music cried out for more avante-garde choreography than Peck provided.

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.