zxDaveM Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 The Eifman Ballet are currently at the London Coliseum with Boris Eifman's 'Rodin' (and on Saturday, Anna Karenina). Here are a couple of photos from Rodin, which opened last nightOleg Gabyshev (Rodin), Lyubov Andreyeva (Camille)© Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Rodin (Oleg Gabyshev)© Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more...Set from DanceTabs: Eifman Ballet - 'Rodin' Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnross Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 And a couple more from the short photocall at the Coliseum. Oleg Gabyshyev - Rodin and Lyubov Andreyeva - Camille Oleg Gabyshev - Rodin and members of the Eifman Ballet More pictures on www.johnrossballetgallery.co.uk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballet4life Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 My daughter and I were lucky to watch Rodin yesterday. It was magnificent and powerful! Beautifully choreographed and danced with technical perfection and strong emotions. Wonderful :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 One of the problems with Eifman - whether one likes his work or not - is that it is not exportable. When he ceases to work his work will probably die. It has no future - it doesn't add to the canon of dance repertoire. While I do admire the dancers, I think he knows only one speed - full throttle ahead. There is little to no pacing. One longs for contrast in mood and tempo. I can't see that people will come back again and again to see a specific dance work such as one does with Swan Lake. I have not seen Rodin - but I have seen several of his previous creations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coated Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I went to see Rodin a couple of days ago. The dancers are amazingly athletic and move beautifully. The 'clay sculptures' are clever, and very interesting the first couple of times around. But I left at the intermission since the piece felt like a non-stop frenzy re-enacting tropes of 'tortured artist' , 'a bit mad' & 'woman trouble' , and I did not feel enough love for the athletic moving about on stage or the nicely displayed chests. I probably took active offence at the 'acting' in the nightmare scene (if that is what is was) where dancers were hamming it up something rotten. Part of me felt that they should have gone one step further and made it a musical. I kept expecting the dancers to break into song. Bourne has the same effect on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I went to see Rodin a couple of days ago. The dancers are amazingly athletic and move beautifully. The 'clay sculptures' are clever, and very interesting the first couple of times around. Hmm, that was pretty much what I would have expected. I thought about going, but Anna Karenina sounded more interesting, and I didn't think I could face both, from previous experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coated Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 In retrospect I wish I'd booked on the Anna Karenina instead, suspect I would have been more interested in the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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