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 | Les Noces |
07/12/11 |
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Lux Boreal Danza Contemporanea |
USA, San Diego, Mandeville Auditorium |
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Reviewer: Kris Eitland |
sandiego.com Homepage |
 | Dancers: Lopez A, Lopez B |
 | "In program notes, she says she let Stravinsky’s haunting melodies and driving rhythms guide the dance movement. She also borrowed ideas from Mexican folklorico." |
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 | Les Noces |
30/03/11 |
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Juilliard Dance |
USA, New York, Peter Jay Sharp Theater |
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Reviewer: Marina Harss |
The Faster Times Homepage |
 | "Seeing these dancers execute Nijinska’s repetitive, syncopated, stylized steps, was exhilarating." |
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 | Les Noces, Valses Poeticos, Round of Angels, Carousel (A Dance) |
01/05/09 |
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Joffrey Ballet |
USA, Chicago, Auditorium Theatre |
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Reviewer: Sid Smith |
Chicago Tribune Homepage |
 | Dancers: Adamczyk, Calmels, Jaiani, Patterson |
 | "Carousel displays Wheeldon as both a formal innovator and an invigorating showman. He calls it a dessert, alluding to its easy appeal, but it's a stunner of breathtaking design, too, dazzling in ensemble arrangement while sly and sexy in the romance at the heart of the story." |
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 | Les Noces, Valses Poeticos, Round of Angels, Carousel (A Dance) |
01/05/09 |
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Joffrey Ballet |
USA, Chicago, Auditorium Theatre |
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Reviewer: Hedy Weiss |
Chicago Sun-Times Homepage |
 | Dancers: Adamczyk, Calmels, Jaiani, Lopez, Nicholas, Patterson, Villanueva |
 | "While the overall flow of this mixed bill was something short of felicitous (it is the trickiest of arts to mix and match just the right conjunction of moods and musical contrasts), the performances in this eclectic lineup were impressive." |
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 | The Stravinsky Project: Le Sacre du Printemps, Les Noces |
07/06/08 |
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Michael Clark |
USA, New York, RoseTheater |
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Reviewer: Claudia La Rocco |
New York Times Homepage |
 | Dancers: Coyne |
 | '(The themes) are also rather old-fashioned in their insistence on outré touches, especially “Mmm ...,” a 1992 dance reworked in 2006.....the Hitler mustache worn by the fierce Virgin (who is not sacrificed) feels oddly quaint.' |
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 | Les Noces, Watermill, Dybbuk |
16/05/08 |
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New York City Ballet (NYCB) |
USA, New York, State Theater |
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Reviewer: Clive Barnes |
New York Post Homepage |
 | Dancers: De Luz, Hubbe, Morgan, Pfeiffer, Taylor, Veyette |
 | '('Watermill')is a dreamscape of the senses, influenced by both Japanese Noh drama and the theatrical adventures in time and space by avant-gardist Robert Wilson, with a man slowly (and I do mean slowly) reviewing the past circumstances of his life...' |
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 | Piano Pieces, Les Noces, Andantino, Opus 19/The Dreamer, An American in Paris, Valse Triste, The Chairman Dances, Russian Seasons |
12/05/08 |
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New York City Ballet (NYCB) |
USA, New York, State Theater |
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Reviewer: Alastair Macaulay |
New York Times Homepage |
 | Dancers: Evans, Garcia, Gilliland, Mearns, Whelan |
 | Opus 19: "Ms. Whelan’s emphatic, harsh style is riveting and objectionable in equal measure. She often seems City Ballet’s most decisive artist and its most unappealingly awkward dancer at the same time." |
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 | Andantino, Opus 19/The Dreamer, Piano Pieces, Les Noces |
12/05/08 |
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New York City Ballet (NYCB) |
USA, New York, State Theater |
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Reviewer: Susan Walker |
Toronto Star Homepage |
 | Dancers: Angle, De Luz, Fairchild, Garcia, Mearns, Whelan |
 | Opus 19: "Only 20 minutes long, it seems like a full-evening ballet narrative. Garcia partnered Whelan. The dance is spare, like the music, and Garcia played an ancient Greek god, a riveting hero perhaps inspired by Robbins' recollections of his clash with the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1953." |
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 | Andantino, Opus 19/The Dreamer, Piano Pieces, Les Noces |
12/05/08 |
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New York City Ballet (NYCB) |
USA, New York, State Theater |
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Reviewer: Joel Lobenthal |
New York Sun Homepage |
 | Dancers: Angle, Carmena, De Luz, Fairchild, Garcia, Gilliland, Hanna, Mearns, Ramasar, Stafford, Whelan |
 | "Robbins’s old-country roots certainly were deep, and he was interested throughout his career in plumbing them, returning with increasing frequency to folk themes and folk dance vocabulary over the course of his career. But the works collected here do not show his roots’ most fruitful aesthetic abundance." |
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 | Les Noces, Dido and Aeneas |
29/06/07 |
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Aletta Collins and Opera North |
UK, Salford, Lowry |
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Reviewer: Ian Palmer |
Ballet.co Magazine Homepage |
 | Dancers: Bickley, Collins |
 | "It is a mark of a choreographer’s genius that even when another refashions their work, the indelible signature of the originator remains so clearly stamped upon it..." |
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 | Les Noces, Dido and Aeneas |
14/05/07 |
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Aletta Collins and Opera North |
UK, Leeds, Grand |
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Reviewer: Martin Dreyer |
This is York Homepage |
 | "Dance is also a vital element in Purcell's Dido. Here Collins makes the most of her opportunities. Whether as sailors or witches, the dancers convince: cleaner, smoother movement is much more persuasive." |
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 | Les Noces, Dido and Aeneas |
13/05/07 |
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Aletta Collins and Opera North |
UK, Leeds, Grand |
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Reviewer: Anthony Holden |
The Observer Homepage |
 | "... a dozen dancers in black, six of each sex, conjure up a furious frenzy without obviously recreating the peasant wedding rituals Stravinsky had in mind." |
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 | Les Noces, Dido and Aeneas |
10/05/07 |
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Aletta Collins and Opera North |
UK, Leeds, Grand |
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Reviewer: Neil Fisher |
The Times Homepage |
 | "... the physical vocabulary is limited, and the overall mood tame when it should be frenzied. On a Saturday night in Leeds there are more compelling mating rituals on the street." |
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 | Les Noces, Dido and Aeneas |
09/05/07 |
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Aletta Collins and Opera North |
UK, Leeds, Grand |
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Reviewer: George Hall |
Guardian Homepage |
 | "Collins's choreography summons up images of competition and conflict both within and between the sexes. Much of it is aggressive, providing a perfect match with one of the composer's punchiest scores, and it is assertively executed." |
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 | Les Noces, Dido and Aeneas |
08/05/07 |
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Aletta Collins and Opera North |
UK, Leeds, Grand |
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Reviewer: Kevin Berry |
The Stage Homepage |
 | "The dancing is spirited and expectant and ultimately ravishing." |
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 | Trinity: Esquisses, Banderillero, Les Noces III |
04/09/06 |
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Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) |
Australia, Melbourne, State Theatre |
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Reviewer: Stephanie Glickman |
Melbourne Stage Homepage |
 | Dancers: Baird, Braun, Boyle, Dalton |
 | "Les Noces is an excellent choice to close the evening, as it is the strongest, most full-bodied of the three works and beautifully conveys the passion and integrity of both the dancers and creative minds of the Royal New Zealand Ballet." |
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 | Trinity: Esquisses, Banderillero, Les Noces III |
25/08/06 |
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Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) |
Australia, Brisbane, Queensland Performing Arts Centre |
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Reviewer: Shaaron Boughen |
The Australian Homepage |
 | Dancers: Baird, Bradshaw, Braun, Chown, Huan, Kerr |
 | Les Noces: "The bride, Alana Baird, was richly articulate in the role and all the dancers managed the speed and angularity of the dance vocabulary with great precision, carrying the narrative with recognisable clarity." |
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 | Trinity: Esquisses, Banderillero, Les Noces III |
18/08/06 |
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Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) |
Australia, Sydney, Sydney Theatre |
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Reviewer: Jill Sykes |
Sydney Morning Herald Homepage |
 | "Christopher Hampson's Esquisses is a delightful curtain-raiser. Its 21st-century classicism gives the company a chance to show off its skills..." |
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 | Trinity: Esquisses, Banderillero, Les Noces III |
08/08/06 |
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Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) |
New Zealand, Auckland, ASB Theatre, The Edge |
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Reviewer: Raewyn Whyte |
New Zealand Herald Homepage |
 | Dancers: Samblaceno |
 | 'In the New Zealand Ballet's 2006 triple bill programme we experience three different faces of the company, seeing it at its strongest for some time....Christopher Hampson's softly serene Esquisses, set to beautifully lambent piano studies by Charles-Valentin Alkan lets us observe the dancers closely...' |
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 | An Evening of Russian Ballet: Raymonda Act III, Spring Waters, Gopak from Taras Bulba, Moszkowski Waltz, The Dying Swan, Le Corsaire pdd, Les Noces |
16/05/06 |
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Boston Ballet (BB) |
USA, Boston, Wang Theatre |
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Reviewer: Jeffrey Gantz |
Boston Phoenix Homepage |
 | Dancers: Gurevich, Jimenez, Rykine, Seneca |
 | "Karine Seneca’s Bride caught both Stravinsky’s depersonalization and Nijinska’s displacement, particularly in the first-tableau section where, crouching in profile, the Bride has to raise and lower herself like an elevator — Seneca hit every floor, with no stops in between." |
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 | Les Noces |
11/05/06 |
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Boston Ballet (BB) |
USA, Boston, Wang Theatre |
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Reviewer: Marcia B Siegel |
The Boston Phoenix Homepage |
 | Dancers: Rykine, Seneca |
 | "You can’t say Les Noces is violent, but there’s discord, even menace, beneath its tightly controlled surface. The company achieved a thrilling sense of power, showing us ballet’s rarely invoked capacity to wound and heal and fortify." |
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 | An Evening of Russian Ballet: Raymonda Act III, Spring Waters, Gopak from Taras Bulba, Moszkowski Waltz, The Dying Swan, Le Corsaire pdd, Les Noces |
05/05/06 |
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Boston Ballet (BB) |
USA, Boston, Wang Theatre |
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Reviewer: Thea Singer |
The Boston Globe Homepage |
 | Dancers: Atkins, Feijoo, Madrigal, Seneca |
 | "... it was Les Noces, staged by Aleth Francillon, former Paris Opera ballet master that took hold and wouldn't let go. With its classical roots and Russian folk elements, its heart-piercing singes and its thrumming geometric shifts it presented images - whether on point or flat-footed - that were indelible." |
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 | An Evening of Russian Ballet: Raymonda Act III, Spring Waters, Gopak from Taras Bulba, Moszkowski Waltz, The Dying Swan, Le Corsaire pdd, Les Noces |
05/05/06 |
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Boston Ballet (BB) |
USA, Boston, Wang Theatre |
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Reviewer: Theodore Bale |
Boston Herald Homepage |
 | Dancers: Atkins, Beppu, Budzynski, Feijoo, Jimenez, Madrigal, Molina, Yanowsky |
 | "It’s without doubt the most crowd-pleasing program Boston Ballet has offered this season. Modestly titled “An Evening of Russian Ballet,” it’s also astonishingly intelligent." |
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 | Les Noces, The Great Quiet, Valentine, Gloria |
24/04/06 |
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Purchase College (University of New York) dance students |
USA, New York, PerformingArts Center, Purchase College |
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Reviewer: Jennifer Dunning |
The New York Times Homepage |
 | Dancers: Bowie, Daane, Fehlandt, Rodney, Williams |
 | "The latest crop of fine Purchase College dancers under the direction of Carol K. Walker, who have gone on to fill American companies for many years, showed their stuff on Friday night in a thought-provoking program ..." |
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 | Les Noces, Petrushka (Petrouchka) |
24/11/05 |
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Compagnia Aterballetto |
USA, New York, Brooklyn Academy of Music |
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Reviewer: Deborah Jowitt |
The Village Voice Homepage |
 | Dancers: Ataljanc, Broeckx, Daudel, Longo, Matteini, Zamorano |
 | "In both Bigonzetti works, the striking theatrical devices never add up to convincing narratives, let alone moving ones." |
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 | Les Noces, Petrushka (Petrouchka) |
17/11/05 |
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Compagnia Aterballetto |
USA, New York, Brooklyn Academy of Music |
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Reviewer: Robert Gottlieb |
New York Observer Homepage |
 | "..the not-incompetent Bigonzetti raises a question: Why is his work so wrongheaded, given the combination of his (and his dancers') irrepressible energy and the absolute—and unwarranted—confidence his work exudes? The answer: Like so many maximalists, he lacks judgment and taste." |
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 | Les Noces, Petrushka (Petrouchka) |
11/11/05 |
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Compagnia Aterballetto |
USA, New York, Brooklyn Academy of Music |
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Reviewer: Apollinaire Scherr |
Newsday Homepage |
 | "European choreographers of barefoot ballets have lighted upon an efficient way to assert their avant-garde pedigree: update the revolutionary Diaghilev works! But to advance a tradition of breaking tradition is a tricky business...." |
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 | Les Noces, Petrushka (Petrouchka) |
10/11/05 |
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Compagnia Aterballetto |
USA, New York, Brooklyn Academy of Music |
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Reviewer: Jennifer Dunning |
The New York Times Homepage |
 | Dancers: Ataljanc, Cherradi, Daudel, Matteini, Zamorano, Broeckx, Longo |
 | "He has modernized the works so they look like a great deal of European choreography of an era influenced by the antiseptic stylings of Jiri Kylian and Glen Tetley..." |
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 | Les Noces, Petrushka (Petrouchka) |
04/11/05 |
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Compagnia Aterballetto |
USA, Princeton, NJ, McCarter Theater |
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Reviewer: Robert Johnson |
Newark Star Ledger Homepage |
 | Dancers: Ataljanc, Daudel, Matteini, Zamorano |
 | "The absence of a spiritual dimension, intrinsic to the Russian originals, deprives both ballets of their redemptive satisfaction." |
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 | Billy the Kid, Ella, Double Happiness, Les Noces, Les Biches |
22/10/05 |
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Oakland Ballet |
USA, Oakland, Calvin Simmons Theatre |
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Reviewer: Renee Renouf |
Ballet.co Magazine Homepage |
 | Dancers: Dugger III, Jarrett, Linzer, Sheppard, Tierney, Venturo, Williams, Goodman, Omori, Takahashi |
 | "It’s safe to say the evening deserved its bravos and almost hysterical ovation by an audience grateful to see Oakland Ballet back in business." |
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 | Billy the Kid, Ella, Double Happiness, Les Noces, Les Biches |
18/10/05 |
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Oakland Ballet |
USA, Oakland, Calvin Simmons Theatre |
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Reviewer: Jeanne Fogler |
Inside Bay Area Homepage |
 | Dancers: Sheppard, Venturo, Williams, Tierney |
 | "...an evening of strong artistry, although presented on a platter that may have been slightly too full." |
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 | Billy the Kid, Ella, Double Happiness, Les Noces, Les Biches |
18/10/05 |
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Oakland Ballet |
USA, Oakland, Calvin Simmons Theatre |
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Reviewer: Michael Wade Simpson |
San Francisco Chronicle Homepage |
 | Dancers: Jarrett, Venturo, Williams, Dugger III, Linzer |
 | "Oakland Ballet is back. After last year's financial problems led to the cancellation of the entire season and the layoffs of all the dancers, opening night of the 40th anniversary performances at the Calvin Simmons Theatre definitely had an emotional tilt." |
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 | Les Noces, Firebird, Kansas City Orfeo |
16/06/05 |
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Pascal Rioult |
USA, New York, Joyce Theater |
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Reviewer: Gia Kourlas |
The New York Times Homepage |
 | Dancers: Gonzalez, Knight, Molina |
 | 'Just as Bronislava Nijinska did in 1923 with her original seminal ballet about a Russian peasant wedding, Mr. Rioult explores a marriage rite. In his version, there isn't one bride and groom, but four of each, trapped between desire and a fear of commitment.' |
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 | Cantata, Les Noces |
13/05/05 |
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Compagnia Aterballetto |
UK, London, Sadler's Wells |
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Reviewer: Gavin Roebuck |
The Stage Homepage |
 | Dancers: Daudel, Matteini, Oliveira, Ataljanc |
 | "They received numerous curtain calls and gave a short, free-moving, entertaining encore. Not a bad start for their first visit to Sadler’s Wells." |
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 | Cantata, Les Noces |
10/05/05 |
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Compagnia Aterballetto |
UK, London, Sadler's Wells |
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Reviewer: Clement Crisp |
The Financial Times Homepage |
 | "Here's another bead on my rosary of sufferings at Sadler's Wells. ...A wholly unrewarding evening." |
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 | Cantata, Les Noces |
08/05/05 |
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Compagnia Aterballetto |
UK, London, Covent Garden |
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Reviewer: Jann Parry |
The Observer Homepage |
 | Dancers: Daudel, Oliveira |
 | 'Once (Bigonzetti) lets his performers be themselves as entertainers, they can take his ideas and run with them. He and they, though, need to find a technique of partnering that is other than brutal.' |
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 | Cantata, Les Noces |
07/05/05 |
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Compagnia Aterballetto |
UK, London, Sadler's Wells |
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Reviewer: Ismene Brown |
The Telegraph Homepage |
 | 'The vocabulary (of 'Les Noces') is designer-caveman: bruising acrobatics with bare feet, angular knees and elbows, jutting chins, and a lot of what you might call asking for trouble.' |
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 | Cantata, Les Noces |
07/05/05 |
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Compagnia Aterballetto |
UK, London, Sadler's Wells |
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Reviewer: Jenny Gilbert |
Sunday Independent Homepage |
 | Cantata: "An improvised encore, not unlike the closing fiesta frolics in flamenco but obviously not faked, left the first-night audience on a spirited high." |
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 | Cantata, Les Noces |
07/05/05 |
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Compagnia Aterballetto |
UK, London, Sadler's Wells |
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Reviewer: Zoe Anderson |
Independent Homepage |
 | 'Compagnia Aterballetto made its Sadler's Wells debut with two energetically dreary ballets.... (in 'Les Noces')The dancers are.... put through wriggling duets and solos. They move with focus and attack, but this choreography just isn't going anywhere.' |
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 | Cantata, Les Noces |
05/05/05 |
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Compagnia Aterballetto |
UK, London, Sadler's Wells |
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Reviewer: Donald Hutera |
The Times Homepage |
 | "...Aterballeto returns to our shores, in a fairly strong evening that shows the company off as attractive and sleek." |
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