A Danced Rituel
When Frank Gehry was tapped to be the architect of Walt Disney Concert Hall, home to both the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Master Chorale, he envisioned the space to be “a living room for the city.”
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A world premiere by Cathy Marston had been a major draw card for the Queensland Ballet's new triple bill, however, there was a reverence to the evening that no one could have predicted. This performance of “Trilogy” came a day after artistic director Li Cunxin announced his retirement at the end of the year due to ill health. It was a bittersweet preface to the evening. I was not alone in cherishing “Trilogy” with a newfound respect for what both Li and his wife Mary (company ballet mistress, who is also retiring) have done for the company over the past eleven years.
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When Frank Gehry was tapped to be the architect of Walt Disney Concert Hall, home to both the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Master Chorale, he envisioned the space to be “a living room for the city.”
Continue ReadingSan Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House is a grand, gracious theater, so it was a big deal to see the San Francisco Ballet School hold its end-of-year performances in that hall for the first time since at least 1985.
Continue ReadingAt its heart, “Sylvia” is a ballet about the resistance to love—a theme that continues to resonate deeply, as the human spirit often recoils from love, driven by fear, pride, a need for control, or the weight of duties and moral constraints.
Continue ReadingSince the 1970s, the Paris Opera Ballet has cultivated a distinctive tradition of nurturing its own dancers as emerging choreographers.
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What did you intend to mean by saying “the differences between the two were ‘inconceivable’”? unmistakeable?