The National Ballet of Canada: an impressive return to the UK

Kota Sato and Artists of the Ballet in Crystal Pite's Angels' Atlas

Artists of the Ballet in Crystal Pite's Angels' Atlas

Hannah Galway and Siphesihle November in Crystal Pite's Angels' Atlas

Heather Ogden and Emma Ouellet in James Kudelka's Passion

Genevieve Penn Nabity and Heather Ogden in Emma Portner's islands

Von Graham Watts, 03 Oktober 2024

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“This work was simply magnificent in every way”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, am 2 Oktober 2024

Angels’ Atlas (Crystal Pite)

Islands (Emma Portner)

Passion (James Kudelka)

National Ballet of Canada

Hope Muir, Regie

Jay Gower Taylor, Bühnenbild

Tom Visser, Licht

Heather Ogden, Tanz

Genevieve Penn Nabity, Tanz

Larkin Miller, Tanz

Marcos Morau bezaubert mit neuer Choreographie in Den Haag

Michael Klier, 16th May

Zwei Premieren von Marcos Morau und Yoann & Marie Bourgeois sowie Crytal Pites Paradestück Solo Echo sorgen für einen elektrisierenden Abend.

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Thomas Adès‘ The Tempest verzaubert an der Wiener Staatsoper

Snapdragon, 14th May

Ewig faszinierender Shakespeare in zeitgenössischer Musik und modernem Gewand, das „hat was“.

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Wagemutige Himmelsstürmer: NDT 2 tanzt Pite, Soulier und Inger

Michael Klier, 16th March

Ein abwechslungsreicher Theaterabend, der die Klasse auch der Juniorcompagnie des NDT einmal mehr eindrucksvoll unter Beweis stellt.

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Das NDT 1 tanzt die Dringlichkeit der Klimakatastrophe

Michael Klier, 6th May

Drei ereignisreiche Uraufführungen von Gabriela Carrizo, Crystal Pite und Roy Assaf lassen die Zuschauer so schnell nicht mehr los.

*****

English National Ballet’s Body and Soul: a very mixed bag

Deborah Weiss, 19th March

English National Ballet presents a double bill of contrasts at Sadler’s Wells with startlingly mixed results, not all positive.

***11

Strength to strength: NDT 1’s Resonance feels like a victory lap

Mark Vicente, 10th December

A triumphant evening showcasing the breadth and depth of NDT’s artistic intellect, and their dazzling versatility across various choreographic landscapes.

*****

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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.