Bronislava Nijinska’s Les Noces was a 20th-century masterpiece, and to mark its centenary, ENB commissioned American choreographer Andrea Miller to make a new version set to the original, remarkable Stravinsky score. It is one of two world premieres in this triple bill under new director Aaron S Watkin.
Miller has never made a story ballet before, and she underestimates how clear you have to be for the audience to pick up narrative. What may be obvious in the studio can be completely missed from out in the auditorium, which is to say: you won’t have a clue what’s going on. Does it matter? Maybe it doesn’t have to.
