Broken Wings

  • Broken Wings. She Said. English National Ballet
  • Broken Wings. She Said. English National Ballet
  • Broken Wings. She Said. English National Ballet
  • Broken Wings. She Said. English National Ballet
  • Broken Wings. She Said. English National Ballet
  • Broken Wings. She Said. English National Ballet
  • Broken Wings. She Said. English National Ballet
  • Broken Wings. She Said. English National Ballet
  • Broken Wings. She Said. English National Ballet
  • Broken Wings. She Said. English National Ballet
  • Broken Wings. She Said. English National Ballet
  • Broken Wings. She Said. English National Ballet

Broken Wings is a new ballet created for the English National Ballet Company and premiered as a part of the tripple bill She Said. The piece follows the life, love and art of the iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. The light design connected the re-introduction of colour to the stage image with Frida's discovery of painting and her journey of self-expression as an antidote to her restricted mobility and contstant physical pain. 

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"Much of the work is set against a black cloth which parts a few feet to reveal first a bright orange glow against which Frida’s artistry flowers, then a yellow glow as life begins to overwhelm then a red glow as she is overtaken by the events that eventually lead to her demise." Seeing Dance

"Really rather special... a beautiful and poignant spectacle" The Daily Telegraph**** 

"A marvellous image of creativity and power" The Independent****

"Lopez Ochoa and her designers bring that art to fantastical life, as Kahlo dances with a chorus of brilliantly outfitted monkeys, flowers and birds of paradise." The Guardian****

Company: English National Ballet
Choreography: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Music: Peter Salem
Scenography: Dieuweke van Reij
Light design: vinny jones
Dramaturg: Nancy Meckler
Photography: Laurent Liotardo

Premier April 13, 2016 Sadler's Wells London, UK.

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