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Woolf Works (2015), now available in Blu-ray, was Wayne McGregor's first full-length piece for The Royal Ballet and saw the return to the Royal Opera House Main Stage of the former Royal Ballet Principal dancer Alessandra Ferri. Resembling the synaesthetic relationship between form and substance in Virginia Woolf's writings, each of the three acts is not only rooted from her letters, essays and diaries, but in one of Woolf's prominent novels: Mrs Dalloway, Orlando and The Waves.
Expressing the artistic drive to discover a liberated and modern reality, Woolf Works focuses on Woolf's world of 'granite and rainbow' in which humans are at once both physical entities and uncontained essences.
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Dancers: Alessandra Ferri, Gary Avis, Matthew Ball, Federico Bonelli, Francesca Hayward, Paul Kay, Sarah Lamb, Steven McRae, Natalia Osipova, Calvin Richardson, Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Akane Takada, Eric Underwood, Edward Watson
Soprano: Anush Hovhannisyan
Speaker: Gillian Anderson
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Koen Kessels
Choreographer: Wayne McGregor
Designers: Ciguë, We Not I and Wayne McGregor
Costume Designer: Moritz Junge
Lighting Designer: Lucy Carter
Film Designer: Ravi Deepres
Composer: Max Richter
Extras: An Introduction; Maggie Smith reading extracts from The Waves; On the music
Picture:16:9
Sounds: PCM Stereo 2.0 / DTS MA 5.1
Format: Blu-ray
Region Code: All Regions
Running Time: 118 mins
Year: 2015
Reviews
"[Woolf Works] takes both McGregor – and the concept of the three-act ballet – to a brave and entirely exhilarating new place." The Guardian
"a compellingly moving experience" The Observer
"McGregor sticks to a restrained classical vocabulary, creating tender, lyrical dances that evoke the giddiness of youthful love, and, later, the anguish of mental pain" New York Times
"Ferri is a commanding presence. With dark eyes and a pliant body, she flows through McGregor’s steps, winding and folding into soft lines. Looking at Beatriz Stix-Brunell, who plays her past self, Ferri manages to show emotion both felt and remembered." The Independent
Awards
Olivier Awards 2016: Winner - Best New Dance Production
Olivier Awards 2016: Winner - Outstanding Achievement in Dance (Alessandra Ferri, for her role as Woolf)
Critics’ Circle Awards 2015: Winner - Best Classical Choreography
Critics’ Circle Awards 2015: Winner - Best Female Classical Dancer (Alessandra Ferri, for her role as Woolf)
