Scottish Ballet: Emergence review – riveting visions of gods and insects
Theatre Royal, Glasgow The premiere of Julia Cheng’s Entress and a bold return for Crystal Pite’s Emergence both explore collective power It is a significant moment for a choreographer to create work for a large ballet company for the first time.
This is the thread that joins these two Scottish Ballet performances: the world premiere of Entress by Julia Cheng and a restaging of Crystal Pite’s Emergence, choreographed for the National Ballet of Canada in 2009 and first performed by Scottish Ballet at the Edinburgh international festival in 2016 .
Coming from a varied dance background that includes hip-hop and waacking , Cheng received Olivier nominations for her choreography for Cabaret and Fiddler on the Roof.
She brings an assured patience to the myth-like Entress (from an old Scottish word meaning “right to enter”); scenes exploring groupthink, purging and transformation are allowed time to develop.
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