chanda and i walked up to the joyce soho for a performance of the scottish ballet company. afterwards, there was a chat with the artistic director (christopher hampson) and three of the dancers (sophie martin, christopher harrison and bethany kingsley-garner). we really enjoyed hearing how the pieces were chosen for new york, and about how the dancers liked working on them. it's a lovely company and we were both impressed. they performed sinfonietta giocosa (music by bohuslav martinu and choreography by christopher hampson based on balanchine technique - it was very good and originally made for the atlanta ballet company in 2006); motion of displacement (music by bach and john adams and choreography by bryan arias - i had read about this piece on their website - the choreography was inspired by his mother's journey from her native land in search of love); and ten poems, ten dylan thomas poems read by richard burton - all pieces woven into an nyc state of mind, which we definitely felt.
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