Complexions Contemporary Ballet visited Parma and Luca Vantusso was there to capture a programme including pieces by the company's Artistic Director Dwight Rhoden - Ballad unto and Stardust. Ballad Unto… Choreography: Dwight Rhoden Music: Johann Sebastian Bach Costume Design: Christine Darch Lighting and Set Design: Michael Korsch Broadway World Music by Johann Sebastian … [Read more...] about Photo Album: Complexions Contemporary Ballet in Italy with Bach and Bowie
Dwight Rhoden
Nominees of Benois de la Danse 2015
CHOREOGRAPHERS: ALEXANDER EKMAN - A Swan Lake, Mikael Karlsson. The Norwegian National Ballet. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MAILLOT - The Taming of the Shrew, Dmitry Shostakovich. Bolshoi Ballet. DWIGHT RHODEN - Verse Us, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Nils Frahm, Claude Debussy, Philip Glass, Sven Helbig, Kristian Jarvi. Ballet Nice Mediterrannee. MARTIN SCHLÄPFER - Deep Field, Adriana … [Read more...] about Nominees of Benois de la Danse 2015
Vogue features Diana Vishneva: she is like a rose, just as beautiful and just as complicated
The September issue of Vogue Russiacontained an interview with the Mariinsky prima ballerina Diana Vishneva. She was about to dance Angelin Preljocaj's Le Parc. When asked to describe Vishneva he said that "she is impossible to describe, like a rose: just as beautiful and just as complicated". One of her first partners was Farukh Ruzimatov Farukh was my first love. He is a … [Read more...] about Vogue features Diana Vishneva: she is like a rose, just as beautiful and just as complicated
Diana Vishneva celebrates her 15 years on stage with a ballet gala and exhibition in St Petersburg
Diana Vishneva will celebrate the 15th anniversary of her dancing career later this week with an exhibition and a ballet gala. The exhibition, featuring photography and video material of Vishneva’s dancing, opens at the Museum of Theatre and Music Arts in St Petersburg tomorrow, June 22. The gala, with a program built around several contemporary dance productions, will take … [Read more...] about Diana Vishneva celebrates her 15 years on stage with a ballet gala and exhibition in St Petersburg
Diana Vishneva Gala Performance programme – Mariinsky Theatre, 23rd June 2011
PART I Errand into the Maze one-act ballet Music: Gian Carlo Menotti Choreography: Martha Graham Staging at the Mariinsky Theatre: Miki Orihara Sets: Isamu Noguchi Costumes: Edythe Gilfond Lighting: Jean Rosenthal Performed by Diana Vishneva and Ben Schultz PART II Melody (performed to a recording) Music: Antonín Dvořák Choreography: Asaf Messerer Performed … [Read more...] about Diana Vishneva Gala Performance programme – Mariinsky Theatre, 23rd June 2011