With two major events in the same weekend, the international arts scene signaled it has no intention of letting yet another year get canceled by Covid.
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Kevin Ng May 25, 2021 10:01
Full-house audiences enthusiastically welcomed the Hong Kong Ballet back on stage last weekend for its first programme of live performances this year. All five performances of the company’s premiere of “Jewels” at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts were sold out.
“Jewels” is a three-act ballet created in 1967 by George Balanchine, the greatest ballet choreographer of the 20th century. It is in fact the first full-length abstract ballet in history. The choreographer was inspired by a chance visit to the high jewellery boutique Van Cleef & Arpels on Fifth Avenue, New York.
“Emeralds” set to music by Faure pays tribute to France, the birthplace of classical ballet. “Rubies” set to Stravinsky salutes America, Balanchine’s adopted homeland where he founded the New York City Ballet. And the final part “Diamonds” set to Tchaikovsky’s third symphony is Balanchine’s homage to his roots and upbringing in the Imperial Ball
Following a year where dance studios across the world have been closed and audiences have been deprived of enjoying live performances, the National Theatre has invited dancers from across Melbourne to share their stage and love for dance, in The National Goes International on Saturday 26 June.
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