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Cal Performances at the University of California, Berkeley, has announced its 2023–24 concert season, including performances by Brad Mehldau (both solo and with his Trio), Cécile McLorin Salvant, Kronos Quartet, Rhiannon Giddens with Silkroad Ensemble, and Attacca Quartet. Read more here.
Ensemble Signal Performs Steve Reich in Berkeley
The time between NAMM and this past weekend’s performances has been quite busy for music, not only performing but also attending a variety of concerts. Today we look back at a concert featuring the work of Steve Reich by Ensemble Signal at Hertz Hall in Berkeley, California.
[Ensemble Signal performs music by Steve Reich on Sunday, January 29, 2017 in Hertz Hall. Photo by EMPAC Rensselaer, courtesy of Cal Performances.]
We also had the opportunity to hear a full concert of Steve Reich’s music last year by the SF Symphony – the composer has been receiving a great deal of attention since his 80th birthday. Two of the pieces from that concert were on this program as well, including Clapping Music and Double Sextet.
Clapping Music opened the evening, with the composer himself joining Ensemble Signal conductor Brad Lubman. Similar to last year, I consider it quite a treat to here Steve Reich performing this piece. Double Sextet closed the concert. It is a large and complex work, with the two quartets performing similar but non-identical parts that come in and out of phase rhythmically and harmonically.
Vibraphones feature prominently in Reich’s music and in this concert in particular, including the second piece Quartet for two pianos and two vibraphones. Interestingly, the use of two pianos featured prominently this concert as well. The piece has many of the characteristic elements of interlocking harmonies and repeating patterns, but there were more sudden changes and gaps in this piece (composed in 2013) than in some of his earlier works, where the changes only occurred gradually.
However, the two pieces immediately before and after the intermission were what made this concert unique. First, there was the U.S. premiere of Runner a piece for large ensemble co-commissioned by Cal Performances (who hosted the concert). It featured winds, percussion, piano and strings in a series of rhythmic patterns over five movements, played without pauses. It forms a rhythmic palindrome of sorts, with even sixteenths followed by irregularly accented eighths, and then a standard bell pattern from Ghana before returning backwards to the eighth-note patterns and finally the even sixteenths. It’s a long and complex piece, and was undoubtedly an endurance test for the musicians, but Reich’s music in the hands of the right performers can sound effortless.
Radio Rewrite had perhaps the most interesting backstory of any piece in the concert. It was composed by Reich in 2013 after hearing Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead (who had made backing tracks for Reich’s Electric Counterpoint). The piece, also in five moments, draws upon two Radiohead songs “Everything it its Right Place” and “Jigsaw Falling Into Place.” It’s not a set of variations or quotations in the traditional sense, although bits of the original songs to make their way into the melodic and harmonic material. And the instrumentation is quite unlike a standard rock band, save for the inclusion of electric bass. Musically, this was probably the most distant from the idioms of Clapping Music, but a powerful contrast to the other pieces on the program. It was lush, intense, and once again quite an endurance test at 17 minutes.
Overall, this was a great concert in a gem of a concert hall, and it’s always great to see composers like Steve Reich on hand. We will continue to follow his music and hope to see new works.
Ensemble Signal Performs Steve Reich in Berkeley was originally published on CatSynth
[The Trocks] 纽约全男芭蕾舞团40周年Cal Performance #周末看什么
以全男芭蕾舞者演绎所有角色，诙谐的表演和出名的纽约托卡黛罗The Trocks（ Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo）芭蕾舞团，本周要在Cal Performances, UC Berkely的Zellerbach Hall举办演出纪念40年前在Zellerbach Hall的首演了！
不知道有没有人有印象，2013年舞林争霸第四期有个叫邹龙的选手，当时反串芭蕾出场的时候那个足尖简直都震惊全场观众了。金星当时的评论是“男演员反串女演员都没问题，关键是他的足尖技术已经超过了女演员，这点挺恐怖的。” 称他的pique turns “脚开绷度每次落的位置上都特别准确”。 要是你还记得的话，邹龙当时就是从纽约The Trocks回国的，现在又回到The Trocks了。
舞团简介：
The Trocks是1973年最初由一群芭蕾爱好者组建起来，目的是寻求一种更娱乐的方式重新演绎传统经典芭蕾。他们最早的演出是在下下百老汇的夜间剧场（late-late shows in Off-Off Broadway lofts），然后迅速走红。1975年开始，在原本的男演员笨重搞笑的喜剧芭蕾之上，慢慢开始有了更高的艺术追求，也招进了更多优秀的舞者。舞团剧目主要以改编经典芭蕾为主，同时也有自己的原创剧目。
The Trocks的16名男舞者水准相当出色，经典的芭蕾窈窕女主、天鹅、水上精灵、浪漫的王子、 足尖鞋都能脚到擒来。同时也向观众传达他们的理念：芭蕾可以不严肃，诙谐，甚至荒唐，但同时仍保留了对经典芭蕾的敬意，不失为一种优秀的艺术形式。
演出剧目信息：
这次重返Cal Performances，The Trocks带来了两部旧作：
《天鹅湖》第二幕（ Le Lac des Cygnes (Swan Lake, Act II) ）王子与天鹅湖边初遇。
《堂·吉诃德》第三幕第一场（Scene: The outdoor cafe of Lorenza’s Inn (Don Quixote ))小酒馆。
这两部作品都是40年前他们在Zellerbach Hall首演的剧作.。
除此之外，还有一部改编作是《艾丝美拉达》(Pas de Six from La Esmeralda)。
以及一部当代芭蕾(Pas de Deux)，据说这个是bonus还不能提前公布信息。
大概是怎么个诙谐法呢，比如正常的托举应该是这样的：
但是The Trocks却偏偏要来这样的：
还有这样的：
我们经典的四小天鹅应该是这样的：
但是The Trocks却偏偏要来这样的：
我们的艾丝美拉达本该老优美了：
但是The Trocks：
......
一点思考：
传统观念上因为男女的生理结构不一样，男性比女性柔韧性差，更难立稳足尖找到平衡。The Trocks的男舞者们却以身着tutu裙和足尖鞋的反串而闻名。有些团里的男舞者因为不能胜任经典芭蕾里面的强壮男性角色不经意间发掘了自己的足尖天赋，能在这方面更加擅长。
另一方面，男性的力度和强度在某种程度上赋予了他们优势，能够更胜任足尖，也使他们的风格在经典芭蕾基础之上独具特色。
The Trocks的特点不仅仅是他们成功的原因，也不该成为他们的卖点。难得可贵的是这群舞者是真正的热爱芭蕾，能表现出自己的热情，在模仿之上寻求超越和升华。这是他们所探索的一种艺术形式，也力度在正统芭蕾和娱乐大众之中找到一种平衡以及两边的共同认可。作为观众也应该以一种单纯看待娱乐和艺术的角度来审视。
评论精选：
”That you will laugh out loud at a Trockadero performance is to be expected; still, you may feel awe. A male dancer on point is an extraordinary sight; how better to grasp the otherworldly delicacy of balance?“
-- THE NEW YORK TIMES
“It’s not just the now very refined way that the men danced on pointe, it is the absolute command they have of their artistry, serious artistry.”
--THE SPECTATOR (LONDON)
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/arts/dance/the-trocks-an-all-male-dance-troupe-balance-camp-and-skill.html?_r=0
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1990/05/28/the-tiresias-factor
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/feb/17/guide-dance-ballets-trockadero-monte-carlo
http://observer.com/2009/01/the-trocks-deadly-serious-spoofing-city-ballets-revitalized-icoppliai/
演出信息：
SHOWTIMES:
Friday, March 3rd @ 8pm [ZH]
Saturday, March 4th @ 2pm [ZH] Saturday, March 4th @ 8pm [ZH]
购票链接：
http://calperformances.org/performances/2016-17/dance/les-ballets-trockadero-de-monte-carlo.php
其他相关活动信息：
RESIDENCY
LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO March 2–March 4 2017
Character Transformation Demonstration Thu, March 2, 6pm Durham Studio Theater Dancer Robert Carter demonstrates how he transforms himself into Olga Supphozhova, his ballet alter-ego. Post-performance Talk
Fri, March 3 Zellerbach Hall With artistic director Tory Dobrin. Free to ticket holders.
Bonus:
Drag这个词是“dress like a girl”的缩写，虽然The Trocks总被各大报道称作“all-male drag ballet corps”。但这个词多少还是有些贬义的。The Trocks自己也很少着重强调它，而是自称为“The World’s Foremost All-Male Comic Ballet Company”。所以，想要表达评论的话，请说travesty, 不要说drag。
Cal Performances 2015/16 Season At a Glance
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6 A&E performances to check out, Feb. 5-8
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New music review: 2 premieres and the work of an old master
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Doin' a lil' dance. Just got my tickets.
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Cal Performances presents 'Six Characters in Search of an Author’
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