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Post by tmesis on Oct 19, 2021 14:46:29 GMT
This is quite an event. I must confess I went with some trepidation as, like most Brits, my knowledge of Dante's Inferno is non existent but I was drawn into this 2hr 45min, 3 act ballet right from the start. The evening benefits from a huge plus in that Thomas Ades' newly composed score is absolutely magnificent - the first latter day score that can be compared with Prokofiev and one of the few of which I would like to own a recording. The music is intensely dramatic and varied and I worried that McGreggor might not be up to the choreography as he tends to favour minimalist scores of the somewhat irritating kind but Woolf Works - apart from the tiresome 2nd act - was good and showed a considerable maturing of his art and this is even better; almost like Macmillan-like in its intensity.
In the performance that I saw the ageless Federico Bonelli was the lead dancer but this is misleading as it's very much an ensemble piece. Evocative designs (Tacita Dean) and wonderful atmospheric lighting added to a top-notch evening at The Garden that I think will have, and deserves, many revivals.
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