Edward Clug: Rocking it in Berlin

By Katja Vaghi, 01 March 2018

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“Clug is definitively one to watch”

Reviewed at Admiralpalast, Berlin on 27 February 2018

Quatro (Edward Clug)

Radio & Juliet (Edward Clug)

Dancers of the Mariinsky Ballet

Dancers of the Odessa Ballet

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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

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

Jonathan Gray, 24th October

The conducting of Jordi Savall thrills during the Ballet du Capitole's double bill of ballets by Gluck.

****1

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

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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.

Sleekly rocking it: Edward Clug’s Radio & Juliet and Quatro at Admiralspalast