Pierre Rigal's Micro

By Ivan Talijancic, 15 May 2014

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Reviewed at Joyce Theater, New York City on 13 May 2014

Micro (Pierre Rigal)

Une Flûte enchantée sans alchimie pour les fêtes au Capitole

Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 26th December

Pour sa première mise en scène lyrique en cette période de fêtes, Pierre Rigal livre une production inaboutie du singspiel de Mozart, heureusement rehaussée par un plateau vocal convaincant.

**111

Paul/Rigal/Millepied/Lock : une soirée composite aux contrastes forts

Laurine Mortha, 5th February

Dans un programme composite et résolument contemporain, le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris nous invite à découvrir le travail de quatre chorégraphes : Nicolas Paul, Pierre Rigal, Benjamin Millepied et Edouard Lock.

***11

Ailey II dancers shine in ambitious mixed bill at the Joyce Theater

Carla Escoda, 18th March

In their penultimate stop on a US tour, Ailey's second company produced exceptional performances in an Ailey classic and four handsome new works.

****1

In New York, immersed in Noé Soulier’s The Waves

Carla Escoda, 4th March

A hypnotic evening with two percussionists and six dancers in Noé Soulier’s The Waves, inspired by the Virginia Woolf novel.

****1

Ronald K. Brown's Evidence at the Joyce makes you want to dance

Ivy Lin, 26th February

An evening of Ronald K. Brown's choreography for his own company, Evidence, brought infectious joy and had the audience dancing in the aisles.

*****

Against all odds, the Cubans have landed in America

Carla Escoda, 10th February

Global chaos has not deterred Cuba's Malpaso Dance from bringing two world premieres, one home-grown, and a Martha Graham debut to New York City – incredibly, with all-live-music accompaniment.

****1

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Ivan Talijancic

Ivan Talijancic is a director, choreographer, performer, writer, producer, visual designer, video- and film-maker. He is the co-founder and artistic co-director of WaxFactory, a New York-based international multidisciplinary performance group, with whom he toured worldwide.

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