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...Minneapolis, the entrancing theater designs of David Hockney...
Anyone who knows American museums also knows that by no means do all of their best exhibitions go to New York City. The latest omission of this kind is "Hockney Paints the Stage," a lavish and delectable survey of the theater work of the English painter David Hockney, which opened last week at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. It was organized by the Walker's director, Martin Friedman, whose catalogue, with additional essays by Poet Stephen Spender and Theater Director John Dexter, is the definitive work on Hockney as stage designer. The show will travel to Mexico City...
...comic fable of misdirected lust, a brief encounter that demonstrates Ashton's continuing mastery of psychologically revealing nuance, even when the subject is a mere wisp. Set to a spunky scare by the late Sir William Walton and played out against a disarmingly evocative set by Artist David Hockney, Varii Capricci also revives one of ballet's most brilliant partnerships, that of Dancers Antoinette Sibley and Anthony Dowell...
...Ashton's Capricci is a lighthearted, winking jape, it is also a winning tribute to a major figure in British music. Just before his death at his villa on the Italian island of Ischia (the inspiration for Hockney's set), Walton had put the finishing touches to his score. The music is carefully crafted and sparklingly orchestrated with sprinkles of harp, celesta and xylophone-qualities that are reflected in Sir Frederick's deft choreography. Like his great colleague George Balanchine, Ashton has an unerring ability to match movement with sound in a way that slights neither, creating...
...once again back at his desk, eating the rest of his lunch (a salad) and looking over a list of apprentice singers to be approved and the provisional plan for the Met's 1986-87 season. He sets a time to meet with Artist David Hockney, designer of Parade...