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Oeuvre: The Dante Project

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CompositeurAdès, Thomas (n. 1971)
ÉpoqueContemporain
Type d'œuvreDanse
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The Dante Project au Palais Garnier : McGregor dans le texte

Germain Louvet (Dante) et Hannah O'Neill ( Béatrice) © Ann Ray / Opéra national de Paris
À l'image de la Divine Comédie qu'il illustre, le ballet de Wayne McGregor (sur une musique originale de Thomas Adès) est dense, abscons, métaphorique.

The Dante Project: beautiful dancing but hard to discern a narrative

Melissa Hamilton as Satan and William Bracewell as Dante in Wayne McGregor's The Dante Project © Andrej Uspenski
Thomas Adès' score does most of the storytelling in this epic production, though the dancing is superlative.

Dante without the dance: Adès' in Los Angeles

Thomas Adès' score to Wayne McGregor's ballet The Dante Project transfers to the concert hall in Los Angeles. 
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Dante Alighieri by Domenico di Michelino © Public domain
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