In 2012, Ivan Putrov had the conceit to produce an all-male gala where Don Q variations were banished, Le Corsaire’s jetés outlawed, and Albrecht’s entrechats six forbidden on pain of death. It short, he wanted to do something different in forming Men in Motion: a celebration of male dancing from Nijinsky to now.
Putrov assembled an impressive group of dancers at the La Versiliana Festival on the Tuscan coast. He brought some of the same programme and company from this year's performances at the London Coliseum, though it was presented in very different surroundings: an open-air stage, set between the trees, in a genteel park in the grounds of a villa by the Mediterranean Sea. He also proved his ability for forming collaborations, and giving dancers and choreographers alike new opportunities. ...continue reading.
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