Norwegian National Ballet: a showstopping triple bill

Norwegian National Ballet in George Balanchine's Diamonds

Whitney Jensen and Alex Cuadros Joglar in George Balanchine's Diamonds

Nae Nishimura Skaar and Jonathan Olofsson in Lightfoot/León's Schubert

Grete Sofie Borud Nybakken and Alex Cuadros Joglar in Lightfoot/León's Stop Motion

Alex Cuadros Joglar in Lightfoot/León's Stop Motion

Von Graham Watts, 05 Februar 2024

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“starts slowly to expose the precise technique of every movement and finishes with galloping grandeur”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo, am 3 Februar 2024

Diamonds (George Balanchine)

Stop-Motion (Sol León, Paul Lightfoot)

Schubert (Sol León, Paul Lightfoot)

Norwegian National Ballet

Nicolette Fraillon, Musikalische Leitung

Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

Whitney Jensen, Tanz

Alex Cuadros Joglar, Tanz

Jonathan Olofsson, Tanz

Nae Nishimura Skaar, Tanz

Grete Sofie Borud Nybakken, Tanz

Douwe Dekkers, Tanz

Viel Vergangenheit: Liebeslieder am Wiener Staatsballett

Rainer Zerbst, 14th January

Von Brahms und Balanchine bis Górecki und Childs: das Wiener Staatsballet zeigt einen zeitlosen Abend.

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Bachmann, Mahler, Goecke: Tanztraumpremiere am Wiener Staatsballett

Michael Klier, 14th November

Die vier Tänzerinnen und sieben Tänzer zittern, ihre Arme, Schultern und Hände kratzen, flattern und schluchzen in oft eckigem Gestus und doch sind alle Bewegungen im Fluss.

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Spitzengefühl und neoklassischer Ansatz

Katja Vaghi, 4th May

Die neue Premiere des Staatsballetts spannt einen Bogen über die neuere Tanzgeschichte des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts.

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Mira Nadon’s sparkling debut in Firebird with New York City Ballet

Ivy Lin, 25th April

A triple bill comprising Balanchine's Symphony in C, Agon and Firebird could not have been more inspiringly danced by New York City Ballet.

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Ballet for cowboys and soldiers at Kansas City Ballet

Hilary Stroh, 20th March

Kansas City Ballet celebrate the USA’s 250th anniversary with three American ballets. Balanchine's Stars and Stripes, de Mille's Rodeo and a new work by Caili Quan, A Home Away.

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American Ballet Theatre's double bill is short and sweet in New York

Ivy Lin, 15th March

American Ballet Theatre presents Balanchine's Raymonda: Grand Pas Hongrois and Ratmansky's Firebird which showcases the company well and provides a strong contrast.

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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.