By Naomi Mori The National Ballet of Japan’s commission to British choreographer Will Tuckett, a one-act Shakespearean ballet titled The Tragedy of Macbeth, premiered in April at New National Theatre. The score, by the late Scottish composer Geraldine Mucha, Macbeth, had been created as ballet music but had never been used in a ballet performance.
By Marisa Hayes Balletomanes often complain that Paris is lacking in classical ballet performances. And while it may seem paradoxical for a city so fundamental to the history of ballet, the French capital abounds with contemporary dance. Even the Paris Opera Ballet has increasingly expanded into postmodern, contemporary, and dance theatre productions, leaving a meagre
By Philip Szporer As partners in life and work, Emily Gualtieri and David Albert-Toth, co-artistic directors of Montreal’s Parts+Labour_Danse, are on the move. Quite literally. They recently bought their first condo in the Verdun borough, a world away from their friends and colleagues across town, which houses their private living space, and also the company