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Posted by JMB
on October 9, 2009, 11:41 pm, in reply to "Link to the text article in Spanish"
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I noticed an option to translate on the El Pais site, so here it is below, in a "Babel Fish-like" state... I tried to post a link to the English translation, but it automatically reverts back to the original Spanish when I previewed it and clicked on the link. Obviously, we miss the nuances of the original Spanish version, but at least the English speaking Forum Members can get the gist of the article.
Also, on my set, the photo of Angel is on the upper-right hand side of the article, just underneath the title. It is wonderful to see such a positive article on CB in El Pais and, from such a respected critic as Roger Salas!
Angel Corella imagine Tchaikovsky Florence
ROGER SALAS 10/10/2009
A benefit performance at the Teatro Real de Madrid supports one of the leading dancers of the international scene as a choreographer for release. It also shows a new and varied program in the living rooms of American repertoire, represented by Jerome Robbins, and Britain, by Christopher Wheeldon
A gala could be just an excuse to show off virtuosity of bravery and release some new ballets. In case there are some compelling reasons that distinguish singular. This is a charity gala to raise funds for UNICEF to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and, moreover, is the opportunity for the ballet company of Castile and Leon demonstrates the continuity, will rigor and its brand promise of at least two new programs per year, something that seemed chimerical and that, until now, has fulfilled to the letter. In current times, the harsh reality of Spanish ballet, it is far, after brushing the utopia, the Real Sitio de La Granja de San Ildefonso and model merge more than glass and crystals.
Dancer charismatic and seemingly tireless, Angel Corella was confronted last week with an ankle injury while rehearsing at Real for another show where appellant made a late substitution, on crutches, took the stage Saturday night 3 for excused and, incidentally, to call for public gala on the 15th. All courage, despite the unwieldy cast, with his smile, a "manufacturing defect" which marks his personality and dynamism, said immediately that this project went ahead premieres.
Angel Corella's gamble to start a ballet company has been viewed with skepticism by institutions, public and critics. The company itself has had, "perhaps even" all risks which can be imagined in the genre, and in the stadium of local things even more. But if something has already shown the dancer from Madrid is his tenacity and ability to swim against the tide, as well as personal career switch star of American Ballet Theater (ABT) in New York with his other commitments and the direction of Spanish company; not have the gift of ubiquity, but this time he even had time to put together a choreography, and he dared with a musical couple, especially captivating and taken as one of the peaks of romantic music: Souvenir de Florence, the late sextet for strings by Tchaikovsky. "This book haunted me long, I always hear, and recently I was in Florence trying to imagine walking in those same Tchaikovsky sites and monuments," says the dancer, and in taking on the role of choreographer (which is recognized as occasional it insists on focusing on dance and directing), one of the rooms of the Royal unspeakable, that for some, should be its natural home, and at least for the sake of the circumstances, it is still in its annual parade. A cycle was not interrupted.
After La Bayadere, which premiered successfully in this Teatro Real (one of the few in Europe that do not have their own dance company as being lyrical) last season, and after a program in concert with repertoire drawn from ABT Corella now choose two pieces well as "his Tchaikovsky " the Fancy Free (1944) by Jerome Robbins (protonorteamericano classic music of Leonard Bernstein) and VIIIBy Christopher Wheeldon (Somerset, 1973), which is probably the most relevant figure of the actual choreography in the specific field of ballet, its strongest promise in many aspects. Prolific, strangely musical worship in the field, has great creativity in choreography that has led to success from New York to Moscow. His work VIII, released in 2001 by the Hamburg Ballet, recalls the relationship of Henry VIII with his first two wives, Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. As Wheeldon chose the music stand Variations on a Theme of Frank BridgeOf Benjamin Britten. Britten's 1937 is also for orchestral arc, like the Tchaikovsky chosen by Corella, aware that treads ground already marked by other notable choreographers and consecrated. James Kudelka created for ABT Cruel world on the same topics obsessively chaikovskiana evocative score, just when Angel landed in New York: "I never danced. I came to ABT when it premiered, but even then I had my CD Souvenir de Florence and constantly hear, "says Corella. Also, the Russian choreographer Boris Eifman in his work Anna Karenina used the sextet of yore to the more dramatic moments, which is that Souvenir de Florence may suggest both the drama and the party: "I suggest something happy not exempt from this burden of sadness that comes with all the romance," says Angel, who knows that the Royal Gala is a litmus test in all orders: these reflect continuity and organic in the work of the company, besides being his debut as a choreographer of his own group.
Without much effort is concluded that the daily avatar Corella and his band live is a reflection of the reality of Spanish ballet. Wailing and cares aside, the truth is that nobody has gone so far. It has embarked on a new production of The Swan Lake, not being the most popular classic ceases to be one of the most complex for assembly: "I will make a conventional version, in respecting the traditional choreography, but of course I'll give my personal touches and updates on things to consider (including, in the vision we have of the sorcerer), because that is the secret to enjoying the classic and still continue to see on stage yet. " Corella speaks of the classic among classics, still smiling and without showing a hint of doubt, even without knowing if your prince will drown in the lake or will emerge victorious from their battle with evil. --
Unicef Gala. Corella Ballet. Teatro Real de Madrid. Corella Ballet Castilla y Leon. Works by Robbins, Wheeldon and Corella. October 15, at 2000. Tickets, from 20 to 110 euros (www.generaltickets.com/). www.teatro-real.es/. www.angelcorella.org/.
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