The Edinburgh International Festival

[maciej_florek]

The Edinburgh International Festival
runs from 10 - 30 August.
If you fancy getting out of town - and seeing some dance, Scotland can offer
Cullberg Ballet, Bordeaux Opera Ballet and San Francisco Ballet, for starters.
Check the website for details/video clips
www.eif.co.uk

[maciej_florek]

Press Links
"As far as dance is concerned, the Edinburgh International Festival has always
prided itself on being different. The festival’s guiding principle is to
present attractions that can’t be seen elsewhere in Britain, so inevitably
there’s an international slant to the programming.
But the Edinburgh Festival also likes to make special things happen, and in
2003 that means taking a good look at a British choreographer through the lens
of an American ballet company. In one of the highlights of the festival, San
Francisco Ballet will turn the spotlight on Christopher Wheeldon, the former
Royal Ballet dancer who moved to New York a decade ago and became one of the
hottest dancemakers in America."
Read more in the
Times, 25 Jul 03



Christopher Wheeldon profile
"The new Picasso, the new Mozart, the new JK Rowling – maybe it's human nature
that the loud-hailers of art need always to know where the next fix of genius
is going to come from. In the ballet world, the search for the successor to
George Balanchine, the Russian who dominated the 20th century and founded
American ballet, has been frenetic ever since he died 10 years ago. For fate to
supply a matching genius so soon seems unlikely, but a young fellow from
England has been found whom even the least hyperbolic critics in America
believe is something real, a master in the making, rather than a pretender.
Christopher Wheeldon, though only just 30, is keeping his head."
Ismene Brown, Telegraph, 26 Jul 03



The choreographer
"After a decade dancing with the Royal Ballet and the New York City Ballet,
Christopher Wheeldon retired in 2000 for a new career as a choreographer. In
2001, he created Polyphonia with music by Gyorgi Ligeti for the New York City
Ballet - it won rave reviews at the Edinburgh Festival and an Olivier award.
This year the San Francisco Ballet will be performing a showcase of Wheeldon's
works, including the world premiere of a new ballet, specially commissioned by
the Festival."
Observer, 27 Jul 03