Love List: Steve Reich by Nicolette Fraillon AM
Reich is no stranger to the world of dance, his minimalist oeuvre being favoured by choreographers worldwide including Douglas Lee (New York City Ballet), Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (Rosas) and enfant terrible Wayne McGregor’s infamous one-act ballet Dyad 1929 created especially for The Australian Ballet. Toast to the master of canon and pulses with this special playlist in his honour, and lose yourself in the hypnotic pleasure of Reich.
“This is the music utilised in the ballet Dyad 1929. It won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for music. It is brilliant structurally. It is energetic, driving, mind-bending to perform. It finishes by building to a wonderfully triumphant finale (triumphant also for we performers having made it to the end without falling off the ride!).”