Monday, September 26, 2016

 

 On Thursday May 26 2016 I wrote this blog. Today Monday 26 2016 I read this very good review in my hard copy New York Times about Crystal Pite's Saturday night’s gala opening of the Paris Opera Ballet season, with a new piece, “The Seasons’ Canon” Consider this:

The audience leapt to their feet (unusual here), applauding wildly at the end of “Seasons’ Canon,” set to Max Richter’s adaptation of Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons.” It’s not hard to understand why. Working with 54 dancers, Ms. Pite has created massed blocks of movement that focus on large-scale patterning to often thrilling effect.


What few would know (I know!) is that there are unsung heroes (over 50 of them) here who are part of our favourite daughter's success in the old continent. The unsung heroes are the dancers of the Arts Umbrella Dance Company (a very long bench of talent) that provided Pite with perhaps witha an avenue to try out her piece before its innauguaral performance at the Paris Opera Ballet.

Best of all some of us (including yours truly) were able to see the  preliminarywork performed here in Vancouver.

For me part of the mystique of the Paris Opera Ballet happened to me here when I first met luminous dancer Sandrine Cassini.

Crystal Pite's The Paris Sessions (excerpts)

Crystal Pite centre