100 art & culture
has created his own theatrical language Dance rivals music as one of the
which mixes mime, dance, music and main highlights of the festival and Por-
quick changes of costumes made out of tuguese contemporary dance company
cardboard and paper. Quorum Ballet, who will perform at the
Over 18 years, Ennio has performed MCCGA on May 12, has a reputation for
in over 70 countries for more than a mil- presenting subtle works and perform-
lion people, and his show has received ances of high quality. Its Impacto piece
numerous awards and international criti- is about how human beings are changing
cal acclaim. Don’t miss it. in the modern world – the often isolating
world of communication and technol-
Multi-tasking ogy – and how that world affects their
identity.
The month-long festival of art Last but not least, and the perform-
boasts variety across the performers as ing group which will bring the 20th
well as within single shows . Macau Arts Festival to a close, is the
One example is the multi-discipli- Hofesh Shechter Company from Britain
nary performance by Canadian company who will perform on May 29 and 30 at
L’Arsenal à Musique and their show the MCCGA. Hofesh Shechter exploded
L’Arche (The Ark) at the cultural centre on to the international dance scene last
on May 24. year with his acclaimed works “In your
In a series of tableaux, The Ark rooms” and “Uprising’’.
gently invites us to reflect upon the slow The Guardian newspaper’s review of
crumbling of the world around us. Using the show sums up its brilliance: “Politi-
music, projections and performance to cal, urban and uncompromisingly direct,
celebrate life, it takes a critical look at his choreography has a raw, distinctive
the delicate balance between man and edge that has earned him a well-de-
nature. served reputation as ‘a true original’.”
Highlights of the 20
th
Macao arts Festival - 2 to 30 May 2009
DaTE TIME PROGRaMME PERFORMaNCE TYPE
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui / antony Gormley / Szymon Brzóska /
2/5 Monks from the Shaolin Temple / Sadler’s Wells London
Saturday
8pm
(United Kingdom)
Dance
UNiTED KiNGDOM
Sutra
3 - 4/5 Lam Bun-Ching
Sunday, Monday
8pm
Wenji: Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute - Chamber Opera
Opera
8/5
Friday
8pm
The Macao Orchestra and Cho-Liang Lin Music
10/5
Sunday
8pm
Mass Ensemble and David Myriam USUSa/Fra/ France NCE Music/ animation
12/5
Quorum Ballet ppOortugalrTUGal
Tuesday
8pm Dance
Impacto
14 - 15/5
The Macao Chinese Orchestra Invites David Myriam
Thursday, Friday
8pm Music/ animation
Traditional Music Sceneries I / II
16 - 17/5
Dóci Papiaçám di Macau Drama Group
Saturday, Sunday
8pm Theatre
Letrado Chapado (Right, Mr. Counsellor)
23 - 24/5
El Retablo (Spain)SpaiN
Saturday, Sunday
11am, 4pm, 6pm puppet Theatre
Animales
24/5
L’arsenal à Musique (Canada)CaNaDa
Sunday
3pm; 8pm Multimedia
L’Arche
27/5
Little Plum Blossom Qinqiang Opera Troupe
Wednesday
8pm (Mainland China)MaiNlaND CHiNa Chinese Opera
Women Generals of the Yang Family
28 - 29/5
8pm
Ennio Marchetto (iiTtaly)alY
Thursday, Friday Ennio
Theatre
29 - 30/5
8pm
Hofesh Shechter Company (United Kingdom)UNiTED KiNGDOM
Friday, Saturday Uprising / In your rooms
Dance
For the complete program of the 20th Macao arts Festival, please go to
www.icm.gov.mo/fam/indexE.asp
april 2009
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