Commedia

undefined

Commenting on Commedia (1993), Carlson’s work inspired by Dante’s La Divina Commedia, Gérard Mannoni summarize the overall qualities of Carlson’s long choreographic output and the difficulties of writing about it. He writes about the images which her work provokes, the purity and the beauty of line, the originality and expressiveness of the dancing, and the rigour of form which is underlined by the quality of lightning, reminding the viewer of Robert Wilson’s works. He writes of a movement language that is constantly evolving, changing, and creating wonder with each new piece, and of a group of dancers of exceptional talent. But above all, he writes of Carlson herself, saying “Nobody can imitate the way she dances the Universe, her presence is always simply stunning”.

Source: Ann Veronica Turnbull for Fifty Contemporary Choreographers, quoting Teatro Mese, 1993, Gérard Mannoni