Sublime! This beautiful duet is danced by two principals of the Royal Ballet, Sarah Lamb and Frederico Bondelli. The piece is one of several duets from a ballet called Chroma choreographed by British choreographer, Wayne McGregor. The music score is a combination of original works by Joby Talbot and musical arrangements by Jack White of the White Stripes.
I have become fascinated by Wayne McGregor’s work. The more I observe it the more I like it. He is a fascinating person with the kind of intellectual curiosity and brilliance similar to that of Merce Cunningham and William Forsythe. His unique dance language is rooted in his modern dance background and his unique movement style. He integrates dance, film, visual art, cyber technology into his work. He draws inspiration from many different sources including working with scientists studying different aspects of the technology of human movement and body brain interaction.
McGregor is a prolific choreographer who has choreographed for operas, fashion shows, film (Harry Potters Goblet of fire), musicals, plays, art galleries, and many of the major ballet companies in the world. He is currently resident choreographer for the Royal Ballet in England and artistic director of his own company called Random Dance.
The ballet Chroma was choreographed in 2006. It is an abstract ballet that includes several beautiful duets. One of which is featured in this video. This is a lyrical duet which has gorgeous visual images of the dancer’s lines and forms in motion. Their bodies ripple in sensuous boneless waves and rippling articuations that are accentuated with twitches, fractured disjointed angles, off balanced turns with poignant accentuated moments. I find the movement arrangement is so refreshing and unexpected because McGregor has altered the usual movement patterns we are accustomed to in classical based choreographpy in such a unique way.
Sarah Lamb is so beautiful in this duet in which she delicately articulates and seemingly swims through space.
Enjoy Sarah Lamb’s and Frederico Bonelli’s gorgeous performance! And SHARE it on!
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