A mixed bag for The Royal Ballet's mixed bill

Von Graham Watts, 25 März 2022

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“Tupperware ballet... not particularly fresh”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, am 24 März 2022

The Weathering (World premiere) (Kyle Abraham)

Solo Echo (Crystal Pite)

DGV: Danse à Grand Vitesse (Christopher Wheeldon)

The Royal Ballet

Koen Kessels, Musikalische Leitung

Jay Gower Taylor, Bühnenbild

Joke Visser, Kostüme

Tom Visser, Licht

Covent Garden Orchester des Royal Opera House

Crystal Pite, Kostüme

Jean-Marc Puissant, Bühnenbild

Jennifer Tipton, Licht

Dan Scully, Licht

Karen Young, Kostüme

Joseph Sissens, Tanz

Calvin Richardson, Tanz

William Bracewell, Tanz

Fumi Kaneko, Tanz

Anna Rose O'Sullivan, Tanz

Joshua Junker, Tanz

Gina Storm-Jensen, Tanz

Matthew Ball, Tanz

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****1

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*****

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*****

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.