Outstanding attention to detail in BRB's Romeo and Juliet

Von Graham Watts, 11 Oktober 2021

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“I have rarely seen such meaningful storytelling through gesture, mime and facial expression”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham, am 8 Oktober 2021

Romeo und Julia (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)

Birmingham Royal Ballet

Paul Andrews, Bühnenbild

John B. Read, Licht

Beatrice Parma, Tanz

Mathias Dingman, Tanz

Gus Payne, Tanz

Valentin Olovyannikov, Tanz

Callum Findlay-White, Tanz

Gabriel Anderson, Tanz

Rory Mackay, Tanz

Laura Day, Tanz

Lucy Waine, Tanz

Rosanna Ely, Tanz

Alexandra Burman, Tanz

Karla Doorbar, Tanz

Rachele Pizzillo, Tanz

Miles Gilliver, Tanz

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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.

Outstanding attention to detail in Birmingham Royal Ballet's Romeo and Juliet