Goldenlily17 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Wonderful to see three young female choreographers scoop the prizes at the Royal Ballet Upper School's Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award on Wednesday night: Rebecca Blenkinsop (Australia) Marina Fraser (UK) and Genevieve Debney (UK). Particularly interesting was that the judges, Christopher Wheeldon, Wayne McGregor, Kevin O'Hare and Aletta Collins, clearly loved the narrative content of two of the pieces: Marina Fraser's 'Fickle Strings' (2nd prize) a traditional Scottish dance/ballet fusion to contemporary Scot's fiddle music, which explored the musician's relationship with his instrument, and Genevieve Debney's 'Muted' (3rd prize) a hard-hitting political piece highlighting the agony of women in abusive relationships. Out of nine candidates 5 were female. Let's hope these exciting new artistic voices will be encouraged in their future careers. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betterankles Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I hope they scooped the prizes because they were the most interesting..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissBalletFan Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 1 hour ago, betterankles said: I hope they scooped the prizes because they were the most interesting..... I am sure they were the most talented and accomplished choreographies, why else would they win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldenlily17 Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 They were very personal; you felt the choreographers felt completely committed to what were doing. There was none of the 'beautiful gymnastics' syndrome you often get - all about the bodies and not really meaning anything. I was moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 2 hours ago, betterankles said: I hope they scooped the prizes because they were the most interesting..... Well, I and the ladies I bumped into at SW yesterday had the same top 3 (but not all in the same order). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldenlily17 Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 Interesting, so what would your order have been? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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