PAST CREATIONS

Danced to the allegro movement of a Scarlatti harpsichord sonata played at blithering speed.
Naughty, frivolous, worldly, it’s a dollop of cream, whipped up into a frothy confection and laced with a drop of XO cognac.

 

It’s all swift circles and slants of flirty movement, much of it addressed to one special someone in the audience. Eames has a ton of fun with it, making flighty balletic nonsense of the Scarlatti harpsichord score that speeds the thing along, and punctuating her tour-de-force turn with the occasional comic droop.

Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times

Wevers [is] at his wittiest and most inventive. Sure, the [works are] light — but they’re also technically thorny and trick-filled.

Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times

[A] saucy solo for the beautiful Chalnessa Eames… her hair shorn into a pixie-like do, and clad in a wispy nude dress with striking black piping, Eames makes an insufferable flirt. Her dancing is impeccable; every quirky flick of the wrist, wiggle of the hips, and daring dive to the floor is perfectly controlled, even while feigning a stumbling drunkenness.

 Mariko Nagashima, Seattle Dances

La langue de l’amour

Premiere

January 17, 2014
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center

Choreography

Olivier Wevers

Music

Domenico Scarlatti

Costumes

Christine Joly de Lotbiniere

Lighting

Michael Mazzola