Marguerite Donlon
«The cheeky Irish choreographer is tearing down the barriers between dance and bringing the „man from the street“ back into the theatre. Her work is far from all artistic ideology and simply incapable of boring her audience. Bridging the gap between classic and comic, avant-garde and Grand Guignol is so much fun that the fans of this former ...Deutsche Oper Berlin dancer accuse her of making her pieces too short. This is no ballet mouse turned choreographer but healthy common sense gone over into a humour attack in a profession that is usually not very detached from its own craft. ...
Marguerite Donlon is director of the Ballett des Saarländischen Staatstheaters, situated on the periphery and therefore all the more centre of innovation, simply because nothing like it has come from the centres in years... »
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