The Backstage Beat
Atlanta | Boston | Orlando
  • Home
  • Music
    • Concert Reviews
    • Music Gallery
    • CD Reviews
    • Metal Shop
  • Entertainment
    • Family Fun
    • Comedy
    • Dance
    • Theater
    • GeekChic!
  • Interviews
    • Video Interview
    • Aural Pleasure
    • Written Interview
  • TBB Sports
    • View From The Cheap Seats
    • Tough Mudder
edge

Dance

Boston Ballet’s Edge of Vision Enthralls

Caitlin MalcuitBach Cello Suites, Ballet, Boston Ballet, Celts, dance, Edge of Vision, Eventide, Helen Pickett, Jorma Elo, Lila YorkMay 1, 2015

Tweet
Prev1 of 3Next
← → (arrow) keys to browse

Boston Ballet programming certainly had the audience on the edge of their seats with Edge of Vision, a triple bill that showcased the rousing strength and movement of the company. The ballets included Helen Pickett’s “Eventide,” resident choreographer Jorma Elo’s “Bach Cello Suites” world premiere, and Lila York’s “Celts.”All created a fast-paced whirlwind of an evening that left the crowd breathless.

Commissioned by Boston Ballet, Helen Pickett’s “Eventide” first graced the Wang Theater in 2008. Now, it returns as a new first movement in the Boston Opera House, a stirring display of choreographic geometry and sinew. The music—originally comprised of minimalists Jan Garbarek, Philip Glass, and Michael Nyman—swaps out Nyman for the pulsing sitar of the late Ravi Shankar. The result is a sensual bedlam of polyrhythms and gauzy atmosphere, compounded by the unobtrusive yet evocative design efforts of Benjamin Phillips and John Cuff: impressions of a blood red obelisk; flowing drapery; opalescent backdrops. Principals and soloists channeled Pickett’s vision of synchronous movement and glimpses of disparate chaos.

Prev1 of 3Next
← → (arrow) keys to browse

Related Posts

Boiling Point Photo by C McCullers

Dance /

“20/20:Visionary”: Looking Back, Looking Forward

AtlantaNutcracker

Dance /

Atlanta Ballet’s “Nutcracker” Enchants

kb promo pic (4)

Dance /

Kurtis Blow and the Hip Hop Nutcracker

‹ The Offspring with Jawws at The Tabernacle› Japanese Fusion Cuisine Comes to Park Ave With Umi Winter Park

Recent Posts

  • 73AA1FA1-49A3-4FFC-918E-36BA77FDC01DRain and Fire in Sedona
  • 3CF303EA-6C46-4C76-AEF1-127ADBFB93D2Cry With Us! Puddles Pity Party in Orlando
  • Boiling Point Photo by C McCullers“20/20:Visionary”: Looking Back, Looking Forward
  • Moulin Rouge AB-big castAtlanta Ballet Brings Us Delightful “Moulin Rouge” for Valentine’s Day
  • Ringling-bros-and-b-and-b1Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Presents Legends!

Back to Top

© 2010-2021 The Backstage Beat