Jérôme Bel's Gala hits London

By Katja Vaghi, 13 October 2016

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“it made me feel human and part of a wider group”

Reviewed at Bernie Grant Arts Centre, London on 11 October 2016

Gala (Jérôme Bel)

Jérôme Bel da que pensar con su espectáculo The show must go on

Eduardo López-Collazo, 4th April

Durante estos días la Compañía Nacional de Danza sube al escenario una creación de Jérôme Bel que provoca y hace pensar. Con The show must go on, la agrupación dirigida por José Carlos Martínez amplía sus horizontes y experimenta con el espectador.

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Soirée Bel/Millepied/Robbins : l’association hasardeuse de Jérôme Bel au canon néoclassique

Laurine Mortha, 11th February

Le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris présente deux créations; Tombe, de Jérôme Bel et La Nuit s’achève, de Benjamin Millepied ainsi que Les Variations Goldberg de Jerome Robbins. Mais si les programmes mixtes permettent de mettre en perspective différents points de vue, il faut encore que les œuvres trouvent à se répondre.

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Un Gala teinté d'humour

Laurine Mortha, 1st December

Dans le prolongement de sa participation aux Ateliers danse et voix, organisés en Seine-Saint-Denis, Jérôme Bel crée Gala, un spectacle plein d’humour associant des danseurs amateurs et des professionnels. Tout comme Disabled Theater, Gala met scène des personnes et des corps qui en sont habituellement exclus.

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Pina Bausch’s Kontakthof – Echoes of ‘78: poignant reality

Graham Watts, 7th April

A reimagining of Pina Bausch's 1978 Kontakthof by Meryl Tankard brings together eight of the original cast members in a unique and poignant revival.

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The Australian Ballet and Bangarra Dance Theatre in Flora

Katie Lawrence, 7th April

Flora unites the Australian Ballet with Bangarra Dance Theatre in a glorious collaboration that traces loss, renewal, resilience, cultural continuity and enduring vitality of the body.

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La compagnie Hervé Koubi: spectacle and showmanship

Mark Vicente, 4th April

La compagnie Hervé Koubi were put through their paces, showcasing a dizzying display of acrobatic abilities that would rival any act in a Cirque de Soleil show.

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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.

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