This program of three works by William Forsythe set to the music of James Blake has special meaning for La Scala Ballet. Its opening dance, “Prologue,” was set on the company in 2023, when it premiered with “The Barre Project” and “Blake Work I” under the program title of “Blake Works V.” The program’s return two years later revives its joyful earlier reception. On the final evening of a seven-night run, the program added up to an evening that showed off the company as a whole.
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Myth Meets Grit
“Specky Clark” opens with a bang, then a whimper. The bang is the titular Specky’s mother, dropping dead onto the kitchen floor.
PlusBending the Process
The sought-after choreographer Aszure Barton and award-winning composer Ambrose Akinmusire bend their individual arcs toward one another in their collaborative, multi-disciplinary work titled “A a | a B : Bend,” presented as part of Lincoln Center’s Pasculano Collaborative for Contemporary Dance.
PlusDreamscapes
There's a wonderful collection of photographs from 1911 of Nijinsky taken by Auguste Bert. Nijinsky was 21 and at the peak of his dance career.
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