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| Composer | Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) |
| Period | Baroque |
| Work type | Dance |
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SantanderDido and Aeneas
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Blanca Li; Blanca Li Dance Company; Laurent Mercier; Pascal Laajili
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Two Operas, Mark Morris
Dido and Aeneas was triumphant and had all those great moments that make Morris’s choreography among the most musical I’ve seen.
Morris' Dido and Aeneas is a gem
Dancers tip-toed in stately procession, while alternately molding into aggressive gnarled warriors, images familiar from amphorae; they presage a clash of forces of destruction, the unfolding of a love story, and a sorcerer’s ravenous desire for control.
El canto mítico de las aguas modula la danza en Dido & Aeneas
La madurez del Dido & Aeneas de Sasha Waltz hilvana ópera y danza en trazos invisibles que erizan la piel y recrea un relato legendario con aires de vanguardia.
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