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East Meets West in 'Sacred Monsters'

French super-star Sylvie Guillem wraps her long sinewy body around the powerful frame of British-born choreographer Akram Khan in 'Sacred Monsters'.
25 Jun 2008

Angelin Preljocaj: Myth, Muscle, But the Wrong Music

Half-men, half-horses flex their muscular bodies to produce startling sculptural effects in 'Centaures', but even near-nakedness won't distract an audience from the torture of the music in the Frenchman's new work,'Eldorado'.
5 May 2008

Keersmaeker's Tornado Watch Hits a Nerve

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's new work, Zeitung, a piece for 9 dancers set to music by Bach, Webern and Schonberg aims high but falls flat.
4 Mar 2008

Paris Opera Ballet Heralds in the New Year

"No matter what the cast or theatre, every seat at the Palais Garnier and Opera Bastille was sold", writes Patricia Boccadoro in Paris.
5 Feb 2008

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A Week For Rudolf Nureyev

Ten years after Rudolf Nureyev's death, extracts from his dance productions were programmed in galas by ballet companies in Europe and America.

Agnès Letestu and Angelin Preljocaj: "Le Songe de Médée" at the Palais Garnier

Surprisingly the choreographer has recast Médée as a tender, loving mother, and the ballet is actually the dream of Médée, emphasizing the sentiment of injustice because she's a woman who has sacrificed everything for love.

Akram Khan Dazzles in 'Third Catalogue'

Dance editor Patricia Boccadoro weighs in on Akram Khan's 'Third Catalogue', the third programme in a trilogy of classical Indian dance works featuring Akram Khan and his musicians.
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