A triple bill of mixed delights at The Royal Ballet

Von Graham Watts, 23 Oktober 2019

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“Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov... clearly enjoying themselves for our pleasure”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, am 22 Oktober 2019

Concerto (MacMillan) (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)

Enigma Variations (Sir Frederick Ashton)

Raymonda (Act 3) (Rudolf Nureyev)

The Royal Ballet

Jürgen Rose, Bühnenbild

Julia Trevelyan Oman, Kostüme

John B. Read, Licht

Kate Shipway, Klavier

Covent Garden Orchester des Royal Opera House

Lauren Cuthbertson, Tanz

Reece Clarke, Tanz

Anna Rose O'Sullivan, Tanz

Marcelino Sambé, Tanz

Fumi Kaneko, Tanz

Laura Morera, Tanz

Bennet Gartside, Tanz

Christopher Saunders, Tanz

Sarah Lamb, Tanz

Vadim Muntagirov, Tanz

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Rainer Zerbst, 30th October

Eine würdige Premiere zur Erinnerung an den großen Cranko. Die bewundernswerte Elisa Badenes prägt den Abend.

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Zwischen Liebespsychose und Historienspiel: MacMillans Mayerling

Rainer Zerbst, 18th May

Kenneth Macmillan zeigt in Mayerling eine grandiose Charakterstudie mit einem Wechselbad der Gefühle.

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The Royal Ballet’s Mayerling: violent, feral, tortured dance

Graham Watts, 30th March

In this latest revival of Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling, The Royal Ballet presents a roster of powerful and vivid interpretations across the board.

****1

National Ballet of Japan's revival of Manon was devastatingly good

Naomi Mori, 19th March

National Ballet of Japan in Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon has been revived six years after its performances were cancelled because of the pandemic. Exceptionally good interpretations led the opening night performance.

****1

Ballet superstars in Frankfurt for a night to savour

Vikki Jane Vile, 30th November

For one night only, audiences in Frankfurt were treated to some world class ballet on the expansive stage of the Jahrhunderthalle.

****1

ENB’s The Sleeping Beauty: disappointing cuts skew the story

Jonathan Gray, 27th November

English National Ballet's revival of the Tchaikovsky classic The Sleeping Beauty, disappoints at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton.

***11

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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.