Sidi Larbi Cherkaouis Ballet "Bal Impérial" in Geneva

Frankfurter Allgemeine

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Without wit, thesis or sense for points and arcs of tension: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui fails in Geneva with "Bal impérial" on the music of Johann Strauss's son.

Le Temps

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An ocean would separate the classical dance from the musical. Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, who will present in December at the Grand Théâtre his version of An American in Paris, shines on these two scenes, just like the director of the Ballet du Grand Théâtre Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, who prepares Bal impérial. Words by artists passe-murailleNot to mix the escarpins of Chantons in the rain and the tutus of Giselle. Long time, the world was se…