French Baroque meets modern dance at Drottningholm

By Laura Servidei, 01 August 2018

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“Anders Dahlin... perfect for the haute-contre part of Pygmalion”

Reviewed at Drottningholms Slottsteater, Drottningholm on 31 July 2018

Rameau, Pigmalion

KARAS

Vittorio Ghielmi, Conductor

Saburo Teshigawara, Director, Choreography

Anders Dahlin, Pigmalion

Kerstin Avemo, L'Amour

Hanna Husáhr, Céphise

Silvia Moi, La Statue

Rihoko Sato, Dancer

Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra

Royal Theatre of Drottningholm Choir

Mirror and Music de Teshigawara, regarder le sensible de l’autre côté du miroir

Laurine Mortha, 6th November

Mirror and Music, un titre énigmatique pour une œuvre complexe, où Saburo Teshigawara, en portant l’attention sur la surface matérielle des choses, nous invite à regarder de l’autre côté du miroir, au-delà de l’apparence sensible.

***11

Dah-Dah-Sko-Dah-Dah à Chaillot

Laurine Mortha, 15th May

Après une création pour l’Opéra de Paris présentée à l’automne dernier, Saburo Teshigawara est de retour à Paris au Théâtre de Chaillot avec un spectacle intitulé Dah-Dah-Sko-Dah-Dah. Représenté pour la première fois en France, l’œuvre perpétue les recherches métaphysiques et corporelles du chorégraphe sur l’air, le souffle, le vide.

***11

Teshigawara recreates a contemporary Petrushka at the Biennale Danza

Silvia Poletti, 22nd July

A new Petrushka full of contemporary anguish as Japanese artist Saburo Teshigawara presents a world premiere to celebrate his Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement award in Venice.

****1

Aesthetic unity shines in bold staging of Orfeo ed Euridice in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 19th May

Several notable house debuts, including the renowned director and choreographer Sabuto Teshigawara, enlivened the New National Theatre's first-ever production of Gluck's opera.

****1

Teshigawara takes on Dostoevsky: The Idiot at the Print Room

Graham Watts, 27th March

Teshigawara is now 65 and it is beyond comprehension that a man can still move with such muscular control and feline fluidity well into his seventh decade.

***11

Saburo Teshigawara takes on Wagner

Carla Escoda, 10th March

Saburo Teshigawara's condensed reading of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde plays down notions of an adulterous union, a lovers' pact and spiritual journey, instead delivering a powerful image of female resilience.

*****

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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.

Pigmalion: French Baroque meets modern dance at Drottningholm