William Forsythe: A Modern-day Master.
When someone is so consummate at what they do, they tend not to be appreciated, but revered. This is how I, and I assume most of the intellectual dance world feels when thinking of William […]
Articles by MatthewP
Modernist triple bill at the Royal Opera House
Mark Ronson personifies a modern-day Midas; as whatever he touches seems to turn to gold, or more specifically, $$$$. The Royal Opera House and Wayne McGregor are next in line to cash in on his […]
English National Ballet at the London Coliseum – Beyond Ballets Russes (Programme 2).
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes were discussed for a second week by English National Ballet at the Coliseum with their Beyond Ballets Russes season (March 22nd – April 1st). Opening the 2nd programme was Balanchine’s […]
English National Ballet at the London Coliseum – Beyond Ballets Russes (Programme 1).
Diaghilev was an intelligent man, and must have known what he was doing to the world of dance/art in the early 20th century. And one imagines, were he aware of the legacy he defined, he […]