http://www.theballetbag.com/2010/04/06/macmillan-royal-ballet-triple-bill/ Because ballet ROCKS! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:51:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.theballetbag.com/2010/04/06/macmillan-royal-ballet-triple-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-3028 Asphodel Meadows - Review Tue, 18 May 2010 18:31:44 +0000 http://www.theballetbag.com/?p=3535#comment-3028 [...] In Greek mythology Asphodel Meadows is the place in afterlife where souls flounder forever. Here the concept is translated into three movements danced by three principal couples and a corps de ballet of 14 clad in admittedly dull and unremarkable costumes (think corseted getups). Each couple responds to Poulenc’s music with suggestions of a backstory while the corps seamlessly move and shift through delightful choreographic phrases which more than once reminded me of MacMillan’s abstract works (in particular Concerto as it was still fresh in our minds from this earlier triple bill). [...] [...] In Greek mythology Asphodel Meadows is the place in afterlife where souls flounder forever. Here the concept is translated into three movements danced by three principal couples and a corps de ballet of 14 clad in admittedly dull and unremarkable costumes (think corseted getups). Each couple responds to Poulenc’s music with suggestions of a backstory while the corps seamlessly move and shift through delightful choreographic phrases which more than once reminded me of MacMillan’s abstract works (in particular Concerto as it was still fresh in our minds from this earlier triple bill). [...]

]]> http://www.theballetbag.com/2010/04/06/macmillan-royal-ballet-triple-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-2084 The Costumes of Elite Syncopations Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:57:38 +0000 http://www.theballetbag.com/?p=3535#comment-2084 [...] Royal Ballet’s current revival of MacMilan’s Concerto, The Judas Tree and ragtime ballet Elite Syncopations closes tonight. We send it off with this quick look at Ian Spurling’s stylish lycra costumes [...] [...] Royal Ballet’s current revival of MacMilan’s Concerto, The Judas Tree and ragtime ballet Elite Syncopations closes tonight. We send it off with this quick look at Ian Spurling’s stylish lycra costumes [...]

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