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Programming, like staging and choreography, is an art, and Ángel Corella surpassed himself with all three in this early spring show featuring all new works.
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Antony Hamilton is on the move. When he answers my Zoom call, the world-renowned choreographer is at the airport about to board a flight to London. This isn't a vacation, though: the Australian native, who is also the artistic director and co-CEO of Chunky Move, a Victoria-based contemporary dance company, is traveling with the troupe on their latest Europe and U.K. tour. Established in 1995, the company will be presenting “4/4,” Hamilton’s award-winning piece featuring a complex number counting system and street dance-inspired elements. In between announcements over the airport loudspeaker (“I think I’m leaving in twenty minutes!” Hamilton chuckles), I caught up with the choreographer about how he developed his movement practice, the distinct mathematical methodology he utilizes when choreographing, and the importance of exercising constraint in art. The UK premiere is at the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall on 8 - 9 November, with further shows in Brussels, Oslo, Heerlen, Porto, and Luxembourg.
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Programming, like staging and choreography, is an art, and Ángel Corella surpassed himself with all three in this early spring show featuring all new works.
Continue ReadingIn some ways, dance could be considered an extreme sport: it meets many of the same criteria, featuring (at times) high speeds, significant risk, and the potential for severe injury. French choreographer Rachid Ouramdane seeks to reinforce this parallel in his new work “Outsider,” which received its UK premiere at Sadler’s Wells on March 26th as part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels.
Continue ReadingHave they started or are they just practicing?” asks a gentleman sitting in the row behind me. It’s a fair question: students from Rambert School of Ballet nonchalantly execute their own sequences of repeated movements as the audience filters in, taking their seats on all four sides of the vast performance space.
Continue ReadingIn a career spanning almost 30 years, American dancer-choreographer Trajal Harrell has created a body of work borne of a rich imagination and an enquiring mind.
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