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Sadler's Wells 25 - 29 May 2010
693# Rambert
By Peter C on Fri, 11 June 2010 at 12:28:10 AM
The dancer stage right in Alinhea Curva, when they were knelt down, which was for me, wonderful uplifting passionate and exciting, was a principal, I'm sure, in the Ballet Russe piece, the duet, playing 2 creatures in a forest. My eyes never left her and her movements were so exquisite it almost hurt, in a nice way.
Rambert never fail to please. Even RRainforest although on the edge, was strangely reminiscent of the 60s when the naive views of possible technologies to come influenced all forms of media. Loved it all
692# Rambert Triple Bill
By ian on Wed, 9 June 2010 at 10:50:11 PM
Great to put on this variety of dance, and get this variety of reaction. For me Art of Touch and Rainforest were brilliant in their different ways - for the quality of dancing, the choreography, and the connection between the dance and the music. No way would I have sat down and listened to either of the musical pieces alone, but as context for the dance they both worked a really well. I enjoyed the spectacle of A Linha Curva but in the end felt empty about it - the dancers had no individuality and it came too close to cliche (were the shiny pants really not taking the mick?). I saw both the Wednesday and the Friday performances (for unintended reasons but very happily!: my feelings about each dance were reinforced in seeing them a second time.
691# Rambert Dance
By AF on Wed, 9 June 2010 at 09:23:41 PM
It's always interesting to see the differing opinions about various dances placed together on a concert. The Art of Touch was the first work of Siobhan Davies I've seen and I found it utterly engaging for its quirky movement and surprising choreography. The funny references to social dances and odd choices like keeping the back to the audience in the beginning were fascinating. I'd never seen Rainforest live and found its humor and odd ascetic structure wonderful. A Linha Curve was rather boring with its reliance on large-scale unisons and forced acting on the part of the dancers; the movement was generic and the formations completely unsurprising. Regardless, I applaud Rambert for putting this program together. The posts of all of us show the huge range of responses that currently characterizes dance audiences. I think these mixed bills of pieces that everyone disagrees about add a dimension of discussion that invigorates the dance-making and dance-watching communities.
690# Rambert
By SC on Wed, 9 June 2010 at 07:24:17 PM
My favourite was the Art of Touch. It was inspired, and just the sort of dance I wanted to see. A Linha Curva was uplifting. By contrast, Rainforest was rather forced and dull. I will definitely go to see Rambert Dance Company again.
689# Rambery, June 2010
By adrian on Wed, 9 June 2010 at 06:28:35 PM
enjoyed linha curva a lot, once I got over the odd sensation of watching this kind of dance to a samba beat. Great colour, use of light, movement.
Also really enjoyed Rainforest, liked the music, movement really drew me in. My firend thought it must be an Antony Gormley collaboration, with the way the bodies looked !
Wasn't that keen on the Art of Touch piece - hasn't lingered in my memory.
688# Rambert
By Ballet Rambert on Wed, 9 June 2010 at 06:17:33 PM
Loved the Merce Cunningham - have seen it several times and it always pleases! Adored Linha Curva - have been wanting to see it for some time & really went to the performance to see it. It was well worth waiting for. Siobhan Daviies piece we found a trifle boring & uninspiring - I am not a great fan of hers, I'm afraid!
687# family matinee
By rachel, bristol on Wed, 9 June 2010 at 11:17:05 AM
What a fantastic programme, and we really enjoyed the little chats by mark baldwin. A linha curva was such a great piece and we would all love to see it again, it would also be the perfect doorway to contemporary dance for a huge amount of people - any chance of getting it on christmas tv or something? also enjoyed the art of touch, especially the beautiful male solo and the harpsichord was a joy. From other comments i am so pleased we chose the family matinee - it was fantastic value, we were able to come to london just for the day and i had thought the cunningham might be a bit too challenging even for my dance mad friends.
686# Rambert
By Michael on Wed, 9 June 2010 at 07:48:47 AM
I have been to a few performances here before and really enjoyed them. However as soon as the harpsichord started playing I knew I wasnt going to enjoy this one. Not everyones taste im afraid and it ruined it for me, I couldnt wait to get out. Consequently left the building too.
685# Rambert triple bill
By Andy Banks on Tue, 8 June 2010 at 10:56:56 PM
We enjoyed Art of Touch (great dancing and terrific music) and A Linha Curva a lot (ALC for the second time round), but found Rainforest heavy going and rather dated. The silver balloons reminded me of diatoms from some Attenborough documentary on the ocean deeps. Just couldn't work out what was supposed to be happening and found myself thinking of those American cartoons by Mel (?) in the Observer or the Saturday Guardian which sometimes satirised modern dance: "Tonight I shall dance the soul of Western man etc ... " Interesting but not a piece I'd want to see again.
684# Rambert Triple Bill
By Fabiana Barticioti on Tue, 8 June 2010 at 04:40:52 PM
The programme as a show case couldn't get more variety and couldn't please more. I left the Sadler's Wells that night excited and very inspired. It is interesting the diversity of reaction because I loved the harpsichord choice as it gave depth for the delicacy of gestures in the choreography. Rain Forest is much complex work to read and maybe to enjoy but I did a lot. This work reflets a long time gone, a whole generation of trend and creativity: settings, the balloons, the slow motion moves, I thought at some point that could be a re-construction of a Kabuki performance...but maybe now I have gone too far with my thoughts. For Linha Curva I was speechless. I suspected that Itzik Galili's spent some time in Salvador in Brazil and from his experience in there created such a honest portrait without falling in old mislead perception. Should set as exemple for the upcoming Brazilian Group to perform at SW this Autumn. A Linha Curva ia a masterpiece that should be release in DVD.
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