Piaf, it’s primarily a voice, stupendous, omnipresent, immortal, that goes beyond time and boundaries. Which female dancer, which actress can embody Piaf?She is without substance; she is only love, an adored presence and agonizing to the other. Crossing the mirrors…
Paradigma includes three choreographies by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar (Bedroom Folk), Russell Maliphant (Broken Fall), and Liam Scarlett (With a Chance of Rain). Each piece presented by the Bayerisches Staatsballett is a representation of current developments in the art…
Choreographer Mark Morris garnered international fame for “L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato”, considered a landmark achievement, and set to Handel’s Baroque masterpiece, in which a colorful array of dancers embody the ecstasy of art that transforms. “L’Allegro” was Mark…
Cathy Marston‘s first work for the Royal Opera House Main Stage is a lyrical memoir of the momentous life of the cellist Jacqueline du Pré, from her discovery of the cello through her celebrity as one of the most extraordinary…
Shifted Realities is a double solo by choreographer Toula Limnaios and her long-time dancer Hironori Sugata. The two are about the same age and bound by a deep mutual appreciation. Now both are on the stage together, each in their…
Formed in 1909 by Sergei Diaghilev, Les Ballets Russes revolutionised the art of dance. One hundred years later, four ground-breaking choreographers pay a thrilling tribute to this unique artistic venture. For this special event Sadler’s Wells has commissioned brand new…
Arthur Pita created his award-winning dance-theatre adaptation of Franz Kafka’s 1915 novella in 2011 on Royal Ballet Principal Edward Watson, and it was first performed in the Linbury Studio Theatre. The extraordinary choreography captures the devastation of Gregor Samsa’s transformation…
17 dancers, 36 scenes, 100 characters, 1000 costumes… Like passing-by miniature scenes through a train window, or cycling through the streets and peering into apartments, we all love to glimpse into other lives, and the homes they’re lived out in.…
Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his ballet music DIE GESCHÖPFE DES PROMETHEUS (The Creatures of Prometheus) for the dancer and choreographer Salvatore Viganò (1769 – 1821), who was celebrated all over Europe and held the position of ballet master in Vienna.…
Boys do not cry is a young public piece built on the basis of a text by Chantal Thomas, written especially for the piece, around an unlikely football game, playground and dance. This is a pretext for a nostalgic, funny…
