Wendy Whelan embraces minimalism in The Day

By Gillian Ebersole, 18 October 2019

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“Whelan holds string between her hands, taut like the bow of the cello”

Reviewed at CAP UCLA at Royce Hall, Los Angeles on 18 October 2019

The Day (Lucinda Childs)

Wendy Whelan, Dancer

Maya Beiser, Cello

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Carla Escoda, 14th January

A rare opportunity to see five male ballet superstars – notably Alban Lendorf, in great form long after injury sidelined him – in an intimate theater, in work exclusively by women.

****1

The inspired and the prosaic at Fall for Dance at New York City Center

Carla Escoda, 20th September

A perfect triple bill became a less perfect quadruple bill. Brilliant performances by dancers from Gibney, kNoname Artist, Paris Opera étoiles rarely seen in New York and – a rarity these days – live musicians.

****1

Four New Works by Lucinda Childs: classic postmodernism

Katja Vaghi, 7th December

Lucinda Childs presents four new works at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, appearing on stage as a youthful 84, in one of them.

****1

Reaching for the light: Arvo Pärt and Robert Wilson's Adam's Passion

Alissa Balocco, 31st March

For the first time in Italy the opera that brings together the spiritual music of the Estonian composer and the minimalist direction of Robert Wilson.

****1

Lyon Opera Ballet: Trois Grandes Fugues

Graham Watts, 19th October

A programme that proves you can definitely dance to Beethoven; and in so many different ways.

***11

Available Light

Jaime Robles, 3rd February

Repetition is central to the Available Light's formal elegance.

*****

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Gillian Ebersole

Gillian Ebersole is a dancer and choreographer, as well as a poet, dance writer and educator. Gillian graduated Summa Cum Laude from Loyola Marymount University with a dual degree in Dance and English. Their first poetry book The Water Between Us received the Charlotte Mew Prize and was published by Headmistress Press in 2021. Gillian lives and creates in Berkshire County with their partner.