Cursive II is a sequel to the magnificent Cursive of 2001, both works of the celebrated Taiwanese dancer and choreographer Lin Hwai-min. Lin has surprised many by using John Cage’s compositions for the soundscape. Simple and pure string music from…
As a part of My Light Shines On, the Edinburgh International Festival commissioned some of Scotland’s major national artistic companies to create extraordinary works that audiences could enjoy from their own homes. In a tribute to the enduring spirit of…
The wheel goes round and round, some are up and some are on the down, and still the wheel goes round.”Josephine Pollard Between two heartbeats, the light creeps closer and closer to your number. It won’t be everyone, it can’t…
After taking a break from choreographing outside his own company, renowned Choreographer Thierry Malandain has created an innovative pastoral double bill for the Ballet du Capitole, featuring the world premiere of his work Daphnis et Chloé. Beginning with Debussy’s famous…
The Other You, a duet created by Crystal Pite for Kidd Pivot in 2010, is a portrait of a man in dialogue with his other. The work lives in the tension between contrasting states – conscious and unconscious, civilized and…
Walerski create a work for two dancers. SOON started off with a piece of music that was of great significance to the choreographer. A few years ago I went to a concert by Benjamin Clementine. From that moment on, I…
Renée Fleming makes her highly anticipated return to the Metropolitan Opera in the world-premiere production of Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Kevin Puts’s The Hours, adapted from Michael Cunningham’s acclaimed novel. Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway and made a household name…
