Ballet du Capitole’s double bill: a glorious musical feast

Ballet du Capitole in Ángel Rodríguez' Sémiramis

Alexandre De Oliveira Ferreira and Ballet du Capitole in Edward Clug's Don Juan

Ballet du Capitole in Edward Clug's Don Juan

By Jonathan Gray, 27 October 2024

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“Ravishing the ear with Gluck’s beautiful music, the conductor must have been an inspiration”

Reviewed at Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse on 24 October 2024

Semiramis Suite (Angel Rodriguez)

Don Juan (Edward Clug)

Ballet de l'Opéra national du Capitole

Jordi Savall, Conductor

Le Concert des Nations

Castor et Pollux in Geneva: among the stars, with shadows

Laura Servidei, 28th March

Rameau’s Castor et Pollux returns to the stage in a new production that brings together Baroque repertoire and contemporary theatrical aesthetics, conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón and performed by Cappella Mediterranea with an international cast.

***11

A fantasy-filled Peer Gynt thrills Zurich

Sarah Batschelet, 21st May

Henrick Ibsen’s tragic figure is given a stunning interpretation by Romanian choreographer Edward Clug, who underscores the power of love.

*****

A slippery end for Sacre in Zurich double bill

Sarah Batschelet, 29th October

In Zurich, two sensational ballets by choreographers Johann Inger and Edward Clug pull out all the stops... including those on the water hoses.

****1

Zurich Ballet returns for Chamber Minds and Walking Mad

Sarah Batschelet, 1st May

An audience limited to 50 people watched Zurich Ballet perform Edward Clug’s electrifying Chamber Minds and Johan Inger's Vaudevillian *Walking Mad*.

****1

Freshly hatched: Gauthier Dance's Dying Swans Project

Graham Watts, 16th April

A very mixed set of filmed solos themed around The Dying Swan, although this link was often tenuous.

***11

Musicians and dancers unite for Ravenna’s reimagined dance event

Sarah Kirkup, 18th July

Beatrice Rana and Mario Brunello provide live music for seven internationally renowned dancers, including Paris Opéra Ballet’s Hugo Marchand and Spanish flamenco whizz Sergio Bernal, at the 15th-century Rocca Brancaleone.

****1

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Jonathan Gray

Jonathan Gray was born in Wales and studied at The Royal Ballet School, Leicester Polytechnic and Wimbledon School of Art. He was a member of the curatorial department of The Theatre Museum, London, from 1989 until 2005, and was editor of Dancing Times from 2008 until its closure in 2022.