Thank you for telling the truth about the deficiencies of (most, IMO) new choreography. Woolf Works isn't brand new, but new to ABT in New York, and I have avoided it--while reading paeans of praise for it--because I feared it would be just as you described: a lot of tech sound and fury and swoopy-doopy dancing, signifying nothing. As a Woolf aficionado, I also feared the trend toward taking literature as "inspiration" for ballets. It usually leads to no good.
Hi Kathy! It’s Alex from PP, fun to find you here. I went to this show last night and that was my experience— a lot of (literal) flashing lights and mostly thin choreography. At multiple points the speakers malfunctioned. I did think Alessandra Ferri danced beautifully in the last act.
You mean Paperless Post? Cool. Online life is so strange. I love Ferri and it's hard to imagine her being bad in anything. The dancers in the company are, by and large, wonderful; the repertory, less so. I'm passionate about NYCB, less about ABT. Apart from a dress rehearsal of Onegin, I'm not going to anything unless someone else pays!
Thank you for telling the truth about the deficiencies of (most, IMO) new choreography. Woolf Works isn't brand new, but new to ABT in New York, and I have avoided it--while reading paeans of praise for it--because I feared it would be just as you described: a lot of tech sound and fury and swoopy-doopy dancing, signifying nothing. As a Woolf aficionado, I also feared the trend toward taking literature as "inspiration" for ballets. It usually leads to no good.
Hi Kathy! It’s Alex from PP, fun to find you here. I went to this show last night and that was my experience— a lot of (literal) flashing lights and mostly thin choreography. At multiple points the speakers malfunctioned. I did think Alessandra Ferri danced beautifully in the last act.
You mean Paperless Post? Cool. Online life is so strange. I love Ferri and it's hard to imagine her being bad in anything. The dancers in the company are, by and large, wonderful; the repertory, less so. I'm passionate about NYCB, less about ABT. Apart from a dress rehearsal of Onegin, I'm not going to anything unless someone else pays!