The new Ballet Mécanique?

By Rachel Rizzuto, 23 June 2015

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Reviewed at BAM: Howard Gilman Opera House, New York City on 9 June 2015

Robot (Blanca Li Dance Company)

Le réel et son double : L'Ombre de Blanca Li au Festival ManiFeste

Julie Jozwiak, 25th May

Adoptant pour trame narrative le conte d’Andersen ayant prêté son titre au spectacle, l'expérience proposée à l'Ircam est une immersion impressionnante dans un univers onirique, où le virtuel vient augmenter le réel.

***11

Un amor bajo el signo del claroscuro: Dido y Eneas en Canal

Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 17th January

Blanca Li propone una puesta en escena crepuscular, intensa y claroscural en la nueva producción de Dido y Aeneas.

***11

Una sacudida de cuerpos y conciencias con Solstice de Blanca Li

Maria Sánchez, 6th February

La compañía de Blanca Li debuta en el Gran Teatre del Liceu presentando esta producción del 2017, siendo el primer espectáculo de danza del teatro barcelonés en época covid-19.

*****

Solstice : Un spectacle engagé mais trop littéral

Julie Jozwiak, 8th November

Malgré son aspect stylistique globalement peu convaincant, nul doute que l’on retiendra au moins de Solstice ce cri d’alerte asséné par Blanca Li : « c’est le moment d’agir ».

**111

Mark Morris’ luminous, whimsical Moon lands in Brooklyn

Carla Escoda, 26th March

Commissioned by Washington DC's Kennedy Center in the before-times, Mark Morris' Moon lands more ominously today than it surely did when it was conceived. But it still radiates joy.

*****

Dancers come and go, The Hard Nut fresh as ever

Carla Escoda, 12th December

It's 33 years since its premiere in Brussels, and in its eighth season in New York at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, this irreverent American classic is still firing on all cylinders.

*****

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Rachel Rizzuto

Rachel Rizzuto received her BFA in dance performance and choreography from the University of Southern Mississippi. She is currently an editor for Dance Teacher magazine, and she is a founding member of modern dance company Mari Meade Dance Collective.

The new Ballet Mécanique? Blanca Li's Robot at BAM