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Maurice Béjart. Pina Bausch And now, Merce Cunningham, on Jul 27th 2009. Another giant gone. Another milestone in the history of modern dance. The father of one of the 5 official modern dance techniques. Merce Cunningham, 90 y.o.. Ok this would have happened...

Pina Bausch photographed by © Gert Weigelt Pina Bausch is gone. Yesterday, on Tuesday June, 30th. She was one of the major figures in the history of dance in the 20th century, and has revolutionned the relation of the dancer to the floor, and its dance...

Part of the happening. Waiting room New production at the Bayerische Staatsoper. Zugvögel von Jirí Kylián. An experiment. When dance and performing arts are reinvented. When the public take part in the show. When the show is not only on stage but everywhere....

Ensemble – © Ida Zenna Staatstheater am Gärtnerpla What is life? Where ist he boundary between a human being and a machine? This is the question that addresses Munich-based choreographer Hans Henning Paar in his 70 min long new piece Coppy Coppelia. Getting...

Christmas holidays have been the occasion for me to attend diverse dance performances, of which I should give my feedback. Let's start with the beginning, i.e. the night in Monte carlo with the Ballets de Monte Carlo, direction Jean-Christophe Maillot....

Romeo and Julia, everyone knows. One theatre play by Sir Shakespeare gave birth to at least two famous music pieces (Berlioz and Prokoviev), thousands of versions of the play in the theatre, and almost as many dance pieces. Last saturday, I attended what...

November 22d 2008, lunch time. A phone call. Maurice Béjart passed away. 1 year has gone. Already. So fast. The Bejart Ballet is now managed by Gill Roman. And goes on touring. The Paris Opera is preparing a tribute show. But he, is not there anymore....

New week, new ballet.. This time, I went to see Romeo and Juliet, the immortal romantic ballet, on the music by Prokoviev. The Bayerische Staatsoper is giving the John Cranko version, dating back in 1968. And last Wedsnesdy was a very special day. The...

On Monday, I introduced friends to Ballet. A Cinderella Story, based on the story of Cinderella; on the music of Prokoviev, choreographed by John Neumeier in 1992. I did not konw this production, and as always was a bit concerned my friends would not...

This is the contemporary programm of the ballet of the Munich Oper. I went last Saturday, where I could once more get the student tickets: 1O€ for a seat in the stalls. My first comment would be that contemporary would not have been the word I would have...