Choreolab 06 opened with a piece from András Lukács, who regular readers might remember from the evening of Nicht nur Mozart where he offered Tabula Rasa, a group piece with a touching duet for men…. Finally, Emma Harrington, who was one of the two leads, has such a beautiful cameo appearance that she could just come and sit for a painting and it would be a pleasure to the eyes to rest upon her timeless features.
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To his and the Vienna dance world’s astonishment, the new director forbid Mr. Adler from doing any choreography outside the Staatsoper this season…. It was presented as part of Choreo.lab 04 and included much of the same cast, notably in the two leads Alena Vaskova and Wolfgang Grascher.
1 CommentChoreographer Karina Sarkissova of Moscow is just twenty three years old and is the youngest of the choreographers presenting work at Choreo.lab 06 by nine years…. In any case, in their silly wigs and their flesh colored jerseys and badly draped skirts, the three sisters looked like anything but children of nature.
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A pop star (Franziska Hollinek), her bodyguard, a cleaning lady (Rafaella Sant’anna), two angels, a bank robber, a call girl, an impassioned young lover…
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The second piece of the evening was a clear dramatic story by first time choreographer Vesna Orlic, originally from Belgrad and with the Volksopera since 1987 where she has been a first soloist since since 1995.
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Photos are up. Review to come later today.
5 CommentsMy friends in Austria wonder why I don’t much like to speak English anymore…. I’ve rarely heard such awful readings of fine poetry in my life.
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The weather really picked up last week and we had some glorious days. Happily enough my office is very close to Schönbrunn and I can go out there for a nice long walk even on a busy day.
I took the camera one day. Schönbrunn is supposed to be the Austrian Versailles. It doesn’t quite manage that but with its Tiergarten (Zoo), (made famous in the English speaking world by John Irving’s Setting Free the Bears), it quite a park.
I often tell people that Vienna is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I get some raised eyebrows. I don’t see why.
This is what I see.
This is also the second round of pictures processed since calibrating my monitors with basiCColor display. Nothing more tedious than a bunch of theory with no practical application. Certainly beats screenshots.
The first round is here.
Click for larger versions of these and some more pictures of Schönbrunn.
Gloriette roof shots
North to the Schönbrunn Palace and then to Kahlenberg
West to Wienerwald and the hills
Continue ReadingSpringtime in Vienna: Schönbrunn and Wien from the Gloriette