Giannandrea Poesio

Turning point

One of the intriguing components of The Most Incredible Thing, Javier De Frutos’s latest creation, is its structure.

issue 02 April 2011

One of the intriguing components of The Most Incredible Thing, Javier De Frutos’s latest creation, is its structure.

One of the intriguing components of The Most Incredible Thing, Javier De Frutos’s latest creation, is its structure. Intentionally steering away from the aesthetic developments that informed theatre dance for more than a century, De Frutos has opted instead to revive and revisit the compositional formulae of the late 19th-century three-act ballet.

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