Word: sinfonietta
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...front of him, turning it slightly this way and that and peering along its grooves through his thick glasses. After a few seconds he calmly announces, as the case may be, ''Stravinsky's Rite of Spring," or "Strauss's Alpine Symphony," or "Janacek's Sinfonietta...
Kylian immediately sets a specific tone and atmosphere. His work is often frankly emotional, whether it is the bleak despair of Soldiers' Mass, the pathos of Overgrown Path, the slapstick comedy of Symphony in D or the heroic striving of Sinfonietta, the company's signature piece...
...stars, although each member has at least one solo in the repertoire. Inevitably, some do stand out, like Marly Knoben, a little redheaded bundle of energy. At this point in his development, Kylian is more comfortable working either with large groups (Soldiers' Mass, Symphony of Psalms and Sinfonietta) or in short vignettes (Dream Dances, Overgrown Path). He has difficulty sustaining a true pas de deux or developing a long line...
...Sinfonietta," for example, states the musicality of movement--melody and harmony visualized. The themes heard and seen in the first sweeping movement break into four couples, who complete a cycle of elemental meetings, four seasonal couplings. And as the piece that relied most on sheer dancing, it was the least effective of the three presented...
...Sinfonietta" and "Ragtime" illustrated the company's problems with dance and compensation for this by acting, their tendency to think onstage rather than move, the first piece, "That Is the Show," was the best indication of their strengths and weaknesses. In "Show," there was a Message being projected by the troupe's collective mind, facial expression and dramatics. But in the dancing per se the message remained uncatalyzed, unseen...