Scottish Ballet: Making of Emergence 2017
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Channel: Scottish Ballet · 2017 · Entertainment
Constance Devernay and Bethany Kingsley-Garner talk about rehearsing Emergence with Scottish Ballet, ahead of the Company's performance at Sadler's Wells, London. 7 - 10 Jun 2017. http://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2017/scottish-ballet-mc-14-22-ceci-est-mon-corps-emergence/ Scottish Ballet, Scotland’s national ballet company returns with a double bill of two radically different, but equally powerful works. Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Crystal Pite “one of the world’s most vital dance-makers” (The Times) transforms the 38-strong corps de ballet into a swarming horde of insects for Emergence – a journey into a subterranean hive where classical ballet transforms into strange insect-like behaviour. Angelin Preljocaj’s MC 14/22 (Ceci est mon corps) is a hymn to the male body. Preljocaj evokes biblical imagery through the 12 male dancers who surrender to both tender care and wretched cruelty in this glorification of masculinity.
