MARSEILLE, France — The performance at the La Criée theater here, for a small number of invited guests and dance professionals, started just a few hours before President Emmanuel Macron announced the start of a third national lockdown. Although theaters have been closed since November, performers have been able to go on working and rehearsing; the filming of ballets, operas and plays is allowed, often with small invited audiences. Because going to work is allowed if a job can’t be done from home, these events don’t break any rules. So we were all happily at work on Wednesday afternoon, when the Ballet National de Marseille performed a mixed bill featuring mostly new work by four female choreographers: Lucinda Childs, Tânia Carvalho, Lasseindra Ninja and Oona Doherty. (Pandemic permitting, the Theater de la Ville will present the program, July 16-19, at the Châtelet Theater in Paris, and it will eventually be available online.)

Source: New York Times April 02, 2021 18:44 UTC