Video - Ballet Victoria Dances To Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, Suzanne and Closing Time are the music for the Ballet Victoria's composition, "Sigh Cry Hungry Kiss," a title lifted from the lyrics of Closing Time.
This review is excerpted from Who needs Black Swan? Meet badass Carmen and the White Swan by Garth Von Buchholz (Zouch Magazine):
The audience also loved the sensual, romantic charm of Leonard Cohen’s most recognizable songs, brilliantly set to dance by former Royal Winnipeg Ballet dancer-choreographer Bruce Monk. Cry Sigh Hungry Kiss is set to the songs Hallelujah, Suzanne and Closing Time, in that order. Hallelujah and Suzanne captured the 1960s Bohemian nuances – a generation wanting to be young and carefree but burdened by the oppressive cultural and political forces around them.
The tender romanticism of Suzanne, performed with perfect grace and musicality by Paul Destrooper and Andrea Bayne, was arguably the finest of the three. Closing Time, a humorous and entertaining dance about drunken lovers at a bar, featured dancers Christie Wood, Risa Kobayashi, Geoff Malcolm and David Beales.
Credit Due Department: DrHGuy was alerted to this video by the ever vigilant Roman Gavrilin