I just saw the Pina Bausch show at Royce Hall which is part of the UCLA live series. I’m a big fan of their theatre series. I just read the review from LA Times of Pina Bausch show and it was somewhat good but disjointed (the review). No linear train of though and somewhat bias review because of the name of Pina Bausch. It didn’t go anywhere. Also, what irritates me more is that in my mind, inFluxdance is doing a show that is more relevant to me, something that has more meaning. In the review it says something along the line of being relevant but I beg to differ… Whales in Japan doesn’t affect me … It’s poetic yes, but not relevant at all. There was an enormous tail of a whale on stage which looked cool but was more of a sculpture then anything else. I felt like the movement itself was nice only because the performer where the one pulling it off. I didn’t see any mind blowing performance… I didn’t see meaning… I wish I did.
On the up side, it was funny. ..
I sometimes think that big name choreographer just doesn’t do it for me. I expect more.