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"Gertrud Bodenwieser's Eastern drama, "O World," which was first performed in Sydney several months ago, was the main part of the programme presented by the Bodenwieser Ballet at the Conservatorium on Saturday afternoon, in aid of the French Comforts Fund.
"Trilogy of Joan of Arc," danced by Shona Dunlop, was the only new work.
"O World" still seems an extremely sketchy attempt to interpret the philosophy of Krishnamurti's "The Search." Dancing is a complete form of expression, quite capable of asserting its independence from literary texts, which are often inclined to hamper it. The story of "O World" is essentially simple, allowing some scope for the dancers lo express moods and feelings appropriate to the story, but it invades the territory of dancing as an independent form of expression. One of these days ballets will be danced without generous explanatory notes, and certainly without the help of a spoken text which, by its very presence in "O World." implies that the dancing itself cannot express all that is required.
Shona Dunlop danced the Victorious Prince effectively, but often there were too few dancers on the stage for desirable mass movements to be achieved.
Miss Dunlop's dancing of "Joan of Arc," in three scenes, was appealing, but seemed more descriptive than expressive.
Emmy Taussig (notably in "The Night") and Bettinc Browne repeated a number of amiable short dances." |
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