Mats Ek‘s International Emmy Award winning version of the fiery tale of passion and murderous jealousy is an exciting, suspenseful mix of bravura dancing and inventive, powerful storytelling. Set to Rodion Shchedrin’s “Carmen Suite,” the Russian composer’s arrangement of Bizet’s…
Halfway between the statuary of cathedrals and the twilight zone of a Georges de La Tour, Altro Canto is a work which uplifts the androgynous bodies following the dramatic accents of the Monteverdi Magnificat. Though Jean-Christophe Maillot does not necessarily…
In 2012, Max Richter recomposed Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, in order to revive this mythical score that he considered worn out by too many listening and commercial covers. On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the work, four choreographers seized…
Sheer Play is not a filmic approach that portrays an artist. It’s a retrospective of a way of life, combining art as a whole, dance, and a human profile that fully reflects that playful, unstructured, free, and irrefutably beautiful cosmos.…
Legendary Swedish choreographer Mats Ek‘s ballet was created for the dancers of the Opera National de Paris and is here danced by star names including Nicolas Le Riche and Marie-Agnes Gillot. The name “Appartement” comes both from the word for…
Passion, tragedy, fierce devotion. Queen Victoria’s diaries revealed a life so fascinating that her daughter Beatrice tried to rewrite history. Her irrepressible love for Albert sparked a royal dynasty. But his untimely death brought the world’s most powerful woman to…
Among the choreographers who staged “Le sacre du printemps” were Leonid Myasin, Mary Wigman, John Neumeier, Glen Tetley, Kenneth MacMillan, Hans van Manen, Angelin Preljocaj. In 1957, the author’s version of “Le sacre du printemps” was presented by Mary Wigman,…
