Review: the Cullberg Ballet in Exposure – not to be read by minors under 18
Graham Spicer sees Alexandra Bachzetsis’ Exposure with the Cullberg Ballet – Stickers were placed over the camera lenses of every smartphone.
MILANoLTRE
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Review: MILANoLTRE Festival in Milan with the Ballet de Lorraine
Graham Spicer sees the Ballet de Lorraine in a double bill – Trisha Brown’s “Twelve Ton Rose” and Marco da Silva Ferreira’s “a Folia”.
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Review: Ismaël Mouaraki’s Le sacre de Lila with Destins Croisés – “an exquisite care to detail”
Graham Spicer sees Ismaël Mouaraki’s ‘Le sacre de Lila’ with a company of eight from Québec and Morocco exploring trance and spirituality.
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Review: CocoonDance in Chora – “I won’t be buying the video”
Graham Spicer sees the fifth company at MilanOltre contemporary dance festival – “She fixed me in the eyes, so I fixed her back until she turned her head and slunk off… did I win? How I loathe audience participation.”
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Review: Zappalà Danza’s L’après midi d’un Faune, Boléro, Le Sacre du printemps – the ‘Ecstasy Trilogy’
Graham Spicer sees Compagnia Zappalà Danza – “painstakingly curated works performed by dancers of talent and great dedication”
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[Review] Compagnie Marie Chouinard’s Radical Vitality – “the best of” programme shows the breadth of Chouinard’s remarkable work
Marie Chouinard’s Radical Vitality shows meticulously rehearsed pieces, physical precision, and dedicated performers. A joy.
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[Review] Seen in Milan: the very best and absolute worst of contemporary dance
The annual MilanOltre Festival of contemporary dance in Milan has presented some of the best dance seen in this city over the past decade.
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[Review] Pithecanthropus erectus: A celebration of nakedness and freedom
Four naked male dancers; a projection of a horse; meticulous lighting. Very little with which to conjure up such a magical hour of pure poetry.
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Zappalà Danza’s exquisite 30th Anniversary show: Redoing Bach
For the 30th anniversary of Compagnia Zappalà Danza, Italy’s top contemporary troupe, choreographer Roberto Zappalà has created Rifare Bach (Redoing Bach).
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Silvia Gribaudi’s Graces – I just didn’t get it
Silvia Gribaudi’s ‘Graces’ – a humorous and ironic show for four performers – left me cold, though it had many rolling in the aisles.
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The Hervé Koubi company in Milan: touching, theatrical and important
The French-Algerian choreographer Hervé Koubi triumphed at the MILANoLTRE contemporary dance festival with three magnificent works.
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DANZA&DANZA names the winners of its 2020 Awards
Italy’s DANZA&DANZA magazine has announced its prize winners for 2020 with artists and productions from Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Opéra de Paris and Finnish National Ballet.
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[Review] In difficult times, the MilanOltre Contemporary Dance Festival completes a month of shows
It is a minor miracle that the MilanOltre contemporary dance festival managed to present its 34th edition this year. The organisers made many changes to the original programme – the company from China were not present, for example – but some excellent shows were on offer. Milan’s Teatro Elfo Puccini could only sell 40% of its capacity and, of course, the anti-covid paraphernalia that has become part of our lives was everywhere.
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Three new works from MILANoLTRE Festival by Susanna Beltrami, Diego Tortelli and Richard Siegal
MILANoLTRE, Milan’s festival of contemporary dance, now in its 33rd edition, presented 24 works at Teatro Elfo Puccini this year, and 19 were by Italian companies. I saw three productions of outstandingly quality during the 17-day event, which also includes masterclasses, interviews, and lessons. Susanna Beltrami, who runs the company, academy and performance space, DanceHaus…
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