Flight Pattern is acontemporary ballet choreographed byCrystal Pite, set to the first movement ofHenryk Górecki'sSymphony No. 3. It premiered at theRoyal Opera House(pictured) in London on 16 March 2017, making Pite the first woman to choreograph for theRoyal Ballet's main stage in 18 years. The ballet won theLaurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production in 2018.Flight Pattern examines the plight of refugees, drawing inspiration from 20th and 21st-century events, particularly the refugee crisis caused by theSyrian civil war. The ballet starts with 36 dancers performing on stage and transitions to a series of duets and solos originated by the dancersMarcelino Sambé and Kristen McNally. The piece was mostly positively reviewed by critics, with many praising the performance of the two soloists and the choreography of the ensemble. In 2022, Pite expanded the ballet intoLight of Passage, withFlight Pattern becoming the first part of the ballet. (Full article...)
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ThePhaistos Disc is a disc of firedclay from the Greek island ofCrete, dating possibly from the middle or lateMinoan Bronze Age (second millennium BC). It bears a text on both sides in an unknown script and language, and its purpose and original place of manufacture remain disputed. Discovered in 1908 by the Italian archaeologistLuigi Pernier, the disc is made of fine-grained clay, intentionally and properly fired, and is approximately cylindrical with a diameter of around 16 centimetres (6.3 inches) and a thickness of almost 2 centimetres (0.79 inches), with rounded edges. The disc is an early example ofmovable-type printing, with the embossed signs that comprise its inscription resulting from separate stamps that were pressed into the soft clay before firing. It has captured the imagination of amateur and professionalpalaeographers, andmany attempts have been made to decipher the text, which comprises 241 occurrences of 45 distinct signs. The Phaistos Disc is now on display at theHeraklion Archaeological Museum on Crete. Artefact credit: unknown; photographed byC messier; edited byBammesk Recently featured: |
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