San Francisco Ballet at Sadler's Wells: A second night just as good as the first

Von Hanna Weibye, 21 September 2012

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, am 15 September 2012

Trio (Helgi Tomasson)

Ghosts (Christopher Wheeldon)

Guide to Strange Places (Ashley Page)

San Francisco Ballet

Vanessa Zahorian, Tanz

Joan Boada, Tanz

Sarah van Patten, Tanz

Tiit Helmets, Tanz

Vito Mazzeo, Tanz

Maria Kochetkova, Tanz

Yuan Yuan Tan, Tanz

Damian Smith, Tanz

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The ballet’s second act, following Giselle’s death, is set in a spooky, mystical realm, precisely the kind of thing that so intrigued its 19th century audiences and made this ballet an instant classic.

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Terez Rose, 8th December

This irresistible Nutcracker is a reliable delight in an increasingly unreliable world.

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Tomasson bows out from San Francisco Ballet with stirring Swan Lake

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Hanna Weibye

Hanna is a historian at King's College, Cambridge. She is currently completing a biography of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, the inventor of German gymnastics ('Turnen'). She has produced, danced in and choreographed for ballet and contemporary shows in Cambridge. Follow her on twitter @hweibye.