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Review: 22 March 2010
Made in Siberia
Closed
to foreigners by Stalin in the 1930’s, Perm, the gateway to Siberia,
didn’t open to outsiders until the 1990’s.
Review: 21 March 2010
Rudolf
Nureyev’s Casse-Noisette
"Choreographically, it
is one of Nureyev’s outstanding achievements," writes Patricia Boccadoro
in Paris.
Feature: 22 February 2010
Ballets Russes:
1909 - 2009
As part of Europe’s flagship events
celebrating the centenary of the Ballets Russes, the Paris Opera Ballet
programmed four of Diaghilev’s legendary works. Patricia Boccadoro offers
her review.
Review: 3 February 2010
Young
Choreographers Without Borders
A Frenchman from New York
City Ballet, another fom the Paris Opera Ballet and a young Brit who hails
from Stockport in the U.K. offer a mixed, star-studded programme at
the Palais Garnier.
Feature: 20 January 2010
A Paris Tribute to
Merce Cunningham
Three French choreographers celebrate the
90th birthday of the late Merce Cunningham.
DVD Review: 14 January 2010
Stravinsky
and Les Ballets Russes
Two of the greatest ballets of the 20th
century — The Firebird and The Rite of Spring —
are given luscious and definitive productions on a new DVD. Patricia
Boccadoro offers her review.
Review: 14 December 2009
Diamonds Are Still a Dancer's
Best Friend
Dance critic Patricia Boccadoro on the
holiday Paris Opera Ballet production of the Balanchine three-act work
inspired by the jewellery stores of New York's Fifth Avenue.
Interview: 2 November 2009
Mathias
Heymann
Born in Marseilles and brought up in Africa where
his father was a Maths teacher, Mathias Heymann did not have a typically
French childhood.
Feature: 26 October 2009
Philippe Decouflé at
the "Crazy Horse"
After 50 plus years of presenting pretty
girls prancing naked on a tiny stage, Le Crazy Horse de Paris is trying
anything and everything to squeeze a little more life out of a stage show
that is, at best, a quaint souvenir of a bygone time or, at worst, a dead
horse that should be beaten no longer.
Review: 2 October 2009
Paris Opera Ballet:
Generation Y
European dance critic Patricia Boccadoro on the next
generation of promising young dancers in Paris.
Obituary: 6 August 2009
Merce Cunningham:
1919 — 2009
It is impossible to remain indifferent to
Merce Cunningham. One is either an admirer or detractor and so it has been
for the last sixty years
Review: 28 July 2009
Ashton Romantic Comedy
Ends Season on High Note
The restaging of Frederick Ashton’s
La Fille Mal Gardée, a ballet created in Bordeaux in 1789, proved
even more successful than the Paris production two years ago.
Review: 26 July 2009
Lithe Spirit:
Ailey Troupe Triumphs in Paris
Marking their 50th anniversary, the
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Paris, once again charming
an enraptured audience with their trademark lissome, stirring
ebullience.
Remembrance: 16 July 2009
The Death of Pina
Bausch
When an artist inspires both reverence and
revulsion in life, only their death — and the knowledge that the catalog
of their work has reached its denouement — can the mysteries they leave to
the world be unravelled.
Review: 28 June 2009
Not Quite
Rhapsodic: Good Morning, Mr. Gershwin is an Uneven Evening of
Dance
Montalvo and Hervieu’s new show starts strong, but the
second half may leave a wrinkle on your brow. Patricia Boccadoro
reviews.
Profile: 26 May 2009
Stéphane
Bullion
Despite an early bout with cancer, Stéphane Bullion has
emerged as one of the most exciting young male dancers in Paris.
Review: 12 May 2009
Ballet Review: Suites en
blanc
Three great choreographers intermingle chic, drama
and erotic ritual in a single evening at the Paris Opera Ballet.
Interview: 23 April 2009
Charles
Jude
"It was a total challenge to present the Italy of the
time, festive and joyous, but with the underlying, seething hatred between
the rival families," says choreographer Charles Jude about his new version
of Romeo and Juliet .
Feature: 9 April 2009
Gala: Carte Blanche to Agnès
Letestu
While landmark works from France’s greatest choreographers
were shown in Paris, a young generation of newcomers presented their
creations at a gala outside the city centre.
Review: 31 March 2009
Le Parc: The Art
of the French Kiss
Preljocaj's passionate three-act drama invites
us to rediscover the art and eros of loving in 18th century France with
all its gallant codes of seduction and intrigue.
Review: 9 March 2009
Pina Bausch: Lock,
Stock and Barrel
Dance critic Patricia Boccadoro on Pina Bausch
Tanztheater Wuppertal.
Review: 17 February 2009
Les Enfants du
Paradis: Extreme Makeover
Marcel Carné’s 1945 film Les Enfants
du Paradis (Children of Paradise) ranks as one of the greatest of
French classics. But will José Martinez' makeover for the Paris Opera
Ballet fare as well?
Review: 30 January 2009
Akram Khan Scores With The
National Ballet of China
"This is the kind of dancing that thrills;
pure dance so rarely seen in these days of empty intellectualism where
weary choreographers in search of inspiration strip their dancers naked,"
writes Patricia Boccadoro in Paris.
Review
The Fairest of All: A Soaring
'Blanche-Niege' by Angelin Preljocaj Transcends its Grimm
Origins
Magic mirrors, glass coffins, poisoned apples, wicked
stepmothers, attempted murder – not to mention dwarves…it takes a rare
artistic gift to combine these ingredients into a sublime and
sophisticated evening of
Review
Not Quite Dance
or Theatre - Call it Ars Gratia Binoche
Without the essential
ingredient of self-deprecating irony, actress Juliette Binoche and
choreographer Akram Khan serve up a program that has all the horrible
fascination of "Dancing With the Stars" with none of the kitschy, winking
fun - a recipe for disaster.
Review
New York City
Ballet in Paris: Great Expectations, Disappointment for
Some
European dance critic Patricia Boccadoro weighs in on the
first visit of the American troupe to the Paris Opera in 43 years.
Review
Les Grands Ballets
Canadiens de Montréal
The Canadian dance company marks the 400th
anniversary of the city of Québec.
Feature
Finland's Tero
Saarinen Triumphs at Paris Dance Festival
Attractive music,
extravagant staging, glamorous costumes and a particularly inventive use
of videos marked the recent Chatelet Dance Festival in Paris |
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