{"id":2850,"date":"2023-03-13T03:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T22:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregoryfrost.com\/?p=2850"},"modified":"2023-03-13T03:38:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T22:38:01","slug":"shchedrin-bizets-carmen-fantasy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregoryfrost.com\/?p=2850","title":{"rendered":"Shchedrin &#038; Bizet&#8217;s Carmen fantasy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past week I had the true pleasure of immersing in Rodion Shchedrin&#8217;s re-imagining of Bizet&#8217;s &#8220;Carmen&#8221; as executed to perfection by the Philadelphia Orchestra and danced by Brian Sanders&#8217; JUNK. Potent, sexual, and sublime. No single image can do justice to the language of this production, so here are two. Imagine ballet, Fosse, pole dancing, and gymnastics &#8220;horses&#8221; in a sexually charged production. (Thank you to Cynthia &amp; Michael DeStefano!)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2852\" src=\"https:\/\/gregoryfrost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/junk_420-3477574926-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Performers above Philadelphia Orchestra\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregoryfrost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/junk_420-3477574926-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gregoryfrost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/junk_420-3477574926-225x150.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/gregoryfrost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/junk_420-3477574926-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/gregoryfrost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/junk_420-3477574926.jpeg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2851\" src=\"https:\/\/gregoryfrost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2020-Dec-BrianSandersJUNK-05Rec.Today_-e1615237368688-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"JUNK Carmen Fantasy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregoryfrost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2020-Dec-BrianSandersJUNK-05Rec.Today_-e1615237368688-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregoryfrost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2020-Dec-BrianSandersJUNK-05Rec.Today_-e1615237368688-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregoryfrost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2020-Dec-BrianSandersJUNK-05Rec.Today_-e1615237368688-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/gregoryfrost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2020-Dec-BrianSandersJUNK-05Rec.Today_-e1615237368688-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gregoryfrost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2020-Dec-BrianSandersJUNK-05Rec.Today_-e1615237368688.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past week I had the true pleasure of immersing in Rodion Shchedrin&#8217;s re-imagining of Bizet&#8217;s &#8220;Carmen&#8221; as executed to perfection by the Philadelphia Orchestra and danced by Brian Sanders&#8217; JUNK. Potent, sexual, and sublime. 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