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Category Archives: Ballet
Cinematic storytelling in English National Ballet’s fine Romeo and Juliet
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet *** English National Ballet, Southampton, 31st October 2015 Death lurks around every corner in Rudolf Nureyev’s Romeo and Juliet, created for English National Ballet (then named London Festival Ballet) back in 1977 and energetically performed here. Soon … Continue reading
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Tagged Bufalá Fernando, English National Ballet, Erina Takahashi, Ezio Frigerio, Gavin Sutherland, Isaac Hernández, James Streeter
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Lacking a sense of abandon: Cranko’s Onegin at Staatsballett Berlin
Tchaikovsky: Onegin *** Staatsballett Berlin, Schiller Theater, 8th October 2015 “Happiness was once so near us.” That line from Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin should be crushing, the tender moment when Onegin and Tatyana realise what could have been. That final … Continue reading
In the Shade: Kolesnikova outshone in La Bayadère at the Coliseum
Minkus: La Bayadère ** St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, Coliseum, 22nd August 2015 In the absence of a visiting Mariinsky or Bolshoi company during the summer hiatus, London’s balletomanes could get their classical ballet fix via the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Denis Rodkin, Irina Kolesnikova, Minkus, Natalia Matsak, St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, Timur Gorkovenko
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A touch of Disney: Wheeldon’s glossy Cinderella sweeps into London
Prokofiev: Cinderella *** Dutch National Ballet, Coliseum, 8th July 2015 No fairy godmother. No clock. No pumpkin. Christopher Wheeldon can be forgiven for eschewing these traditional fairy tale elements in his version of Cinderella for a moment of sheer magic at … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Tsygankova, Christopher Wheeldon, Dutch National Ballet, Julian Crouch, Larissa Lezhnina, Matthew Golding, Matthew Rowe, Remi Wörtmeyer, Royal Ballet Sinfonia
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