Pointe Magazine: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Feminist Reading of “A Streetcar Named Desire” Comes to Nashville
"The Devil Ties My Tongue" by Amy Seiwert performed for the SKETCH Series, 2013. Photo by David DeSilva. Courtesy of Amy Seiwert's Imagery
Pointe Magazine: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Feminist Reading of “A Streetcar Named Desire” Comes to Nashville
By Hannah Foster
30 October 2019
In December 1947, Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire rocked audiences with its brutal portrayal of a young southern widow’s tragic life. At the Broadway premiere, the theater fell utterly silent after the curtain closed, before the audience erupted into a 30-minute ovation.
Since its creation, Streetcar has won numerous awards and provided inspiration for a plethora of adaptations. Now, choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa‘s balletic version is making its U.S. company debut at Nashville Ballet November 1–3. As a female choreographer with an interest in telling women’s stories, Ochoa is championing a new era of narrative ballet, and she wants audiences familiar with Williams’ story to see the protagonist’s arc in a new light.
Streetcar was Ochoa’s first full-length work; it premiered at Scottish Ballet in 2012. “I chose this story and I couldn’t understand why no other company had chosen it, but as I was making the piece I understood,” she explains. “The characters are complex and very layered, and the story leans on secrecy and psychology.”
Read the full article in Pointe Magazine.
Leave a Reply
Want to join the discussion?Feel free to contribute!