French choreographer Maguy Marin was born in 1951, and she has been a force on the international dance scene since founding her own company in 1978. Based near Lyon in Rilleux-la-Pape, the company presents Marin’s work around the world, making its Pillow debut in the performance excerpted here. Marin’s own performance career began with the Ballet of Strasbourg and continued with Maurice Béjart’s Ballet of the Twentieth Century. One of her early successes as a choreographer was a radical view of the Cinderella story, Cendrillon, which was performed widely by the Lyon Opera Ballet wearing distinctive doll-like masks. In Waterzooi (a title which is taken from a spicy Belgian stew), the performers are not only dancers, but also musicians and actors.
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