McGregor takes Stravinsky's rituals to desolate and cruel lands

Alessandra Ferri and Marco Agostino in AfteRite

Alessandra Ferri and Nicola del Freo in AfteRite

AfteRite

Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko in LORE

LORE

Nicoletta Manni and Claudio Coviello in LORE

By Silvia Poletti, 26 June 2022

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“Ferri... made her gestures of despair and rage devour the space all around her”

Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 24 June 2022

AfteRite (New production) (Sir Wayne McGregor)

LORE (World premiere) (Sir Wayne McGregor)

Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company

Koen Kessels, Conductor

Vicki Mortimer, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Lucy Carter, Lighting Designer

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Jon Clark, Lighting Designer

Ravi Deepres, Video

Coro del Teatro alla Scala

Alessandra Ferri, Dancer

Nicola del Freo, Dancer

Nicoletta Manni, Dancer

Timofej Andrijashenko, Dancer

Claudio Coviello, Dancer

Karine Babajanyan, Soprano

Olga Savova, Mezzo-soprano

Vasily Efimov, Tenor

Alexei Botnarciuc, Bass

Alberto Rota, Bass

Davide Cabassi, Piano

Giorgio Martano, Piano

Andrea Rebaudengo, Piano

Marcelo Spaccarotella, Piano

Andrea Bindi, Timpani

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***11

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****1

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***11

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Silvia Poletti

Silvia Poletti was a professional dance writer, contributing to the culture pages of the daily news www.sole24ore.com and Corriere della Sera/Corriere Fiorentino and collaborated to specialist magazines such as Danza &Danza, Tanz, Dance International. She prepared essays and conferences about dance for the principal Italian festivals and opera houses and was lecturer of History of Dance at the Urbino Carlo Bo University and Venice Ca’ Foscari University. She was the author of the monography ‘John Neumeier’ (Palermo, L’Epos 2004).

Wayne McGregor takes Stravinsky's rituals to desolate and cruel lands at La Scala