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Staatsballett Berlin in Sharon Eyal's 2 Chapters Love

By Katja Vaghi, 11 December 2023

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“The poetic message of her images' strong aesthetic is balanced by vignette-like situations”

Reviewed at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin on 9 December 2023

Stars Like Moths (Sol León)

2 Chapters Love (Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar)

Staatsballett Berlin

Sol León, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Jolanda De Kleine, Lighting Designer

Alon Cohen, Lighting Designer

Polina Semionova, Dancer

Love, humour and drama at the Staatsballett Berlin

Vikki Jane Vile, 15th November

Staatsballett Berlin continue its run of this popular double bill, 2 Chapters Love, named after Sharon Eyal’s work and a follow up to 2017’s to Love Chapter 2.

****1

New English Ballet Theatre and Norwegian National Ballet 2 ooze talent

Deborah Weiss, 15th June

The junior English and Norwegian companies brought contrasting works, showcasing a great abundance of young talent.

****1

Norwegian National Ballet: a showstopping triple bill

Graham Watts, 3rd February

An adventurous triple bill of vintage works new to Norway.

****1

The Australian Ballet's “beautiful monster” is dance perfection

Chantal Nguyen, 3rd May

The Australian Ballet's impressively-danced Kunstkamer is a work of astonishing scale, originality, and warmth, choreographed by Paul Lighfoot, Sol León, Marco Goecke and Crystal Pite.

*****

NDT2 in Berlin: Let the Dust settle

Katja Vaghi, 11th October

NDT 2’s 'microcosm' is on display at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele with a mixed bill of four works created for these young talents

***11

NDT brings a successful mixed programme to London

Graham Watts, 26th June

Everything Pite choreographs turns to gold and when Young is also involved it’s an especially rich vein.

****1

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Katja Vaghi

With a background in Dance Studies, Literature and Linguistics (MA English Studies from Zurich University and PhD in dance philosophy from the University of Roehampton in London) and a formation as a modern dancer (Ballet Arts, NYC), Katja is a freelance dancer, choreographer, dance researcher and dramaturge currently living in Berlin.