From dancing next to John Travolta and Olivia Newton John in ‘GREASE’, to playing the lead role in ‘FAME’, Antonia Franceschi who has won London’s Time Out Award for “Outstanding Achievement in Dance” will now be presenting her exciting choreography at Pjazza Teatru Rjal on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 August. A troup of six dancers from The Royal Ballet, Rambert, Ballet Black, Random Dance and The New York City Ballet will be accompanied live by pianist Yoshiko Sato, cellist Johan Stern and violinist Richard Wade.
JUST DANCE presents a programme inspired by Gershwin`s classic piece `Rapsody in Blue` where he brilliantly engages and invites the listener with his urban sounds mixed with the unmistakable classical inventions to a place of optimism and hope. Just Dance presents works by various composers including Allen Shawn, Zoe Martlew, Richard Lumsden and the pioneer of solo violin Von Westkoff.
Antonia Franceschi who has also choreographed several works for Ballet Black, London Contemporary School, The New York Theatre Ballet, and most recently for Mara Galeazzi and Roman Pajdak of The Royal Ballet, will also be giving two master classes of 90minutes each on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 August at 11.00am. For more information contact [email protected]
JUST DANCE will be held on Saturday 9 August and Sunday 10 August at 9.00pm at Pjazza Teatru Rjal, Valletta. Tickets are available from www.ticketline.com.mt or theEmbassy Cinema Valletta. Tickets will also be available at the door.
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What has been said about Franceschi’s Choreographies
“Franceschi’s City Scenes” was a surprise. There are echoes of Balanchine all through it, but if the dance is imitative, it also demonstrates lessons well learned, particularly concerning musically responsive structuring. We should see more of Ms.Franceschi’s work - Brian Seibert of The New York Times on Kinderszenen City Scenes - New York Theatre Ballet.
"Kinderszenen “brings out some wonderful technical dancing much in the style of NYCB and some astonishingly stylish pirouettes, and an excellent pas de trois for the men. The movement is full of invention, with some interesting motifs, and the ballet is episodic, like the music (Allen Shawn's Childhood Scenes) and has some frieze-like moments which are highly effective." Dance Europe on Kinderszenen City Scenes - New York Theatre Ballet