This week Deborah Jones explores ADT's digital program ADAPT, the documentary about the making of the RNZB's The Piano – the ballet, and Christopher Wheeldon's The Winter's Tale.
This week, Deborah Jones explores Australian Dance Theatre’s digital program ADAPT, and is impressed by the terrific job they have done in adapting to the COVID-19 challenge. She also discovers the many tensions that went into the creation of the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s The Piano – the ballet, based on Jane Campion’s film, not least the challenge...
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