    | Published: December 17, 2013 Category: reviewBy Rachel Straus VIENNA—The former Paris Opera Ballet Étoile Manuel Legris took the reigns of the Vienna Staatsballett in 2010, infusing a company that had developed a reputation for being a ballet museum with a shot of 21st-century dancing adrenalin. Legris’s modernizing hasn’t bruised his financial support: the Staatsoper budget for opera and ballet is […] Published: August 1, 2008 Category: techniqueBy Rachel Straus Like a recipe for quality of life, Risa Steinberg’s description of a good plie combines a philosophical approach, a touch of physics, and common sense: “It never ends. Once you know it’s going to help you do something better, you’ll love it.” She believes that the most constructive plies are passionate and […] Published: March 1, 2007 Category: reviewBy Rachel Straus A bomb. Bone fragments on broken pavement. A mother’s search for her son—in no apparent order. These are William Forsythe’s raw materials for ”Three Atmospheric Studies.” They bear little in common with the 58-year-old philosopher-choreographer’s former predilection for abstractions. Nor do they lend themselves to développé, penché, pirouette. In Forsythe’s action play—a […] Published: April 13, 2004 Category: reviewBy Rachel Straus Philippe Decoufle is not your typical choreographer. The multimedia artist skyrocketed to international recognition during the opening ceremonies of the 1992 winter Olympics with his infantry of synchronized bungee-jumpers, who moved in Rockette-style precision while dressed as human snow globes. Friday Decoufle’s “Tricodex,” a combination of dance, aerobatics and visual effects, will […] |
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