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Chien-Shun Liao and Jasiah Marshall in Wayne McGregor's UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey

Company Wayne McGregor in UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey

Salvatore De Simone in UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey

Company Wayne McGregor in UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyessy

Jordan James Bridge and Rebecca Bassett-Graham in UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey

Von Graham Watts, 21 Mai 2023

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“these were important images to convey ecological disaster, but they overpowered the dance”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, London, am 17 Mai 2023

The Dark Crystal: Odyssey (Sir Wayne McGregor)

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Michael Klier, 13th September

Das Niederländische Nationalballett zeigt zum Saisonauftakt einen aktuellen und kritischen Ballettabend.

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Die Schönheit der Zergliederung: Wayne McGregors Tree of Codes

Stephan Eckel, 26th June

Wayne McGregor schafft eine anspruchsvolle Choreographie, die subtil an Geschwindigkeit und Intensität aufnimmt und klassische Posen mit nervösen Zuckungen kombiniert.

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The Royal Ballet and McGregor: stunning dancing but nothing really new

Deborah Weiss, 18th April

An evening of ballets by Wayne McGregor, including the world premiere of Quantum Souls, proved to be a little too much of the same thing.

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Woolf Works for The Royal Ballet: reaching poetic depths

Maggie Foyer, 17th January

Woolf Works returns to Royal Opera House stage showcasing some of Wayne McGregor’s best choreography and a roster of exceptional performances.

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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.

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Wayne McGregor’s Jocasta’s Line offers powerful performances

Maggie Foyer, 13th September

A dramatic staging of two Greek myths, Wayne McGregor’s Jocasta’s Line is an epic production for Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, a truly modern and totally original work.

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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.