A ROOM IN NEW YORK
10 minute Duet based on Edward Hopper (1882-1967)
Edward was married to Josephine Nivision for forty-three years. They had a love-hate relationship that was passionate, at times violent and yet utterly symbiotic.
"A room in New York by Stina Quagebeur was exceptional" - Deborah Weiss DANCE EUROPE
Created for The Choreographic workshop at English National Ballet
MUSIC Alexander Scriabin, Piano Sonata no.1 in F Minor and Prelude in C Sharp Minor DANCERS Crystal Costa and James Forbat COSTUMES Louie Whitemore
“Stina Quagabeur’s original and memorable A Room in New York draws you in from start to finish.”
— Vikki Jane Vile, DanceTabs
“...a force equal to any Kenneth MacMillan pas de deux, right down to the final demonstrative chords.”
”Quagebeur handles the double biography with great intelligence and imagination. The dance-fight duets—hands on mouth to signal stop, the breast pushes, vicious head lifts—and the peaceful moments of make-up after the break-up are tremendous.There’s a Russian saying that man and wife are one devil, and this is one devil of a number.”