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BC Ballet – 3 New Millenium Works!

Posted by A Ridout Mar 9, 2012

Way Out & Walking Mad! BC Ballet New Millenia Extravaganza

I went last night, a feast for the mind and eyes…a perfect mix of pieces for Spring!

 

Walking Mad Canadian Premiere   Choreography: Johan Inger (Sweden) Music: Maurice Ravel, Bolero

Johan Inger, formerly Artistic Director of Cullberg Ballet and a member of the Royal Swedish Ballet and Netherlands Dance Theatre (NDT), has created a breathtaking work for nine dancers that is set to Ravel’s Bolero and reflects Socrates belief that “our greatest blessings come to us by way of madness.” Choreographed for Netherlands Dance Theatre in 2001, Inger received the Lucas Hoving Award (Dutch) for best production and the Danza & Danza Award for this ballet.

Vitulare

World Premiere

 

Choreography: Aszure Barton (Canada / NYC)

One of Canada’s leading choreographers, Aszure Barton has created for Mikhail Baryshnikov, The National Ballet of Canada, American Ballet Theater, Sydney Dance Company, NDT, The Martha Graham Dance Company and Hubbard Street Dance. The New York Times calls Barton’s work “a rare instance of a dance that feels as if it were plucked straight from the choreographer’s extremely specific imagination and set, full-grown onstage…full of surprise and humor, emotion and pain.”

 

between disappearing and becoming

World Premiere

Choreography: Emily Molnar
Music: Hildur Gudnadóttir

Inspired by the hauntingly beautiful music of Icelandic cellist and composer Hildur Gudnadóttir, Ballet BC’s Artistic Director Emily Molnar creates a new full-company work that explores the boundaries of the expressive body in time and space. Molnar is a former member of The National Ballet of Canada, Ballet BC and Frankfurt Ballet, where she created and performed an extensive repertoire under director William Forsythe. She is an internationally respected and critically acclaimed artist who has choreographed for Alberta Ballet, Ballet Mannheim, Ballet Augsburg, Ballet BC, Cedar Lake Dance, Pro Arte Danza and Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, among others.

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