Jayne smeulders biography books

I had certain expectations, having spoken previously to the artistic director of WAB, the choreographer and the designer before writing a preview piece for The Canberra Times.

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All spoke eloquently about the process of creation and their aspirations for the piece. But when it came to the performance itself I have to say I was heartily disappointed. While I enjoyed the design by Allan Lees, which set the work in the s, I thought the choreography, by Jayne Smeulders, was scant and quite simplistic. Not only that, or perhaps because of that, the dancers rarely looked as though they were full-scale professional dancers.

Wherever I have worked in my journalistic dance writing life to date there has always been a policy in place that the person who writes the preview does not write the review of the same piece. But seeing this Cinderella made me wonder about another newly created Cinderella , that by Meryl Tankard for Leipzig Ballet. It opened in Leipzig on 5 November.

Unfortunately I have neither spoken to Tankard about the work nor seen it but the web at least allowed me to catch a glimpse of some images, a bit of footage and snatches of an interview with Tankard about the work. Part of her reply said:. I would like the audience to feel as if they have also been on big trip! As thought-provoking too was her reply to a question concerning her process, which seems somewhat different from her process with many of her works made in Australia:.