Crystal Pite's Angels’ Atlas triumphs in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 03 October 2021

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“an uplifting sense of the celestial”

Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 1 October 2021

Emergence (Crystal Pite)

Almost Blue (Marco Goecke)

Angels’ Atlas (Crystal Pite)

Ballett Zürich

Jay Gower Taylor, Set Designer

Linda Chow, Costume Designer

Alan Brodie, Lighting Designer

Thomas Mika, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Udo Haberland, Lighting Designer

Nancy Bryant, Costume Designer

Tom Visser, Lighting Designer

Ballett Zürich Junior Company

English National Ballet’s Body and Soul: a very mixed bag

Deborah Weiss, 19th March

English National Ballet presents a double bill of contrasts at Sadler’s Wells with startlingly mixed results, not all positive.

***11

Strength to strength: NDT 1’s Resonance feels like a victory lap

Mark Vicente, 10th December

A triumphant evening showcasing the breadth and depth of NDT’s artistic intellect, and their dazzling versatility across various choreographic landscapes.

*****

NDT1 in Figures in Extinction: cerebral and physical excellence

Deborah Weiss, 5th November

An extraordinary evening of dance theatre of the highest quality, Figures in Extinction for Nederlands Dans Theater 1 is a thought provoking experience worth repeating.

*****

Figures in Extinction: a thrilling evening with NDT 1

Kathy Elgin, 22nd August

An evening focused on the separation of humanity from the natural world and the destruction of that world, either because of ignorance, greed or just not caring.

*****

Shadows and light: Ballet BC

Zoë Anderson, 20th May

Ballet BC’s double bill puts Crystal Pite’s marvellous, shadowy Frontier in conversation with the folk-tinged comedy of Johan Inger’s Passing.

****1

The Royal Ballet’s Light of Passage: mesmerisingly beautiful

Amanda Jennings, 20th February

Overall, Light of Passage is one of those glorious pieces where music, choreography and design meld together to make theatrical magic.

*****

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Sarah Batschelet

Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.