Freshly hatched: Gauthier Dance's Dying Swans Project

Von Graham Watts, 20 April 2021

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“a superb summary of the psychological frustrations of a solitary pandemic lockdown”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, am 16 April 2021

la Cigna (World premiere) (Mauro Bigonzetti)

Flatternd (World premiere) (Bridget Breiner)

Off White (World premiere) (Virginie Brunelle)

Silent Swan (World premiere) (Kinsun Chan)

drops (World premiere) (Edward Clug)

Fallen Wings (World premiere) (Dominique Dumais)

AELLΩ (World premiere) (Andonis Foniadakis)

Emovere (World premiere) (Itzik Galili)

Covid Cage (World premiere) (Eric Gauthier)

Kamma (World premiere) (Smadar Goshen)

Taleb’s Theory (World premiere) (Anita Hanke)

Swanny Side of Life (World premiere) (Guillaume Hulot)

Oblong Blur (World premiere) (Nicki Liszta)

all tomorrow's parties (World premiere) (Constanza Macras)

We Were Many (World premiere) (Kevin O'Day)

Oloris Oram (World premiere) (Elisabeth Schilling)

Gauthier Dance

Garazi Perez Oloriz, Tanz

Nora Brown, Tanz

Barbara Melo Freire, Tanz

Bruna Andrade, Tanz

Alessio Marchini, Tanz

Shori Yamamoto, Tanz

Anneleen Dedroog, Tanz

Izabela Szylinska, Tanz

Andrew Cummings, Tanz

Theophilus Veselý, Tanz

Shawn Wu, Tanz

Jonathan dos Santos, Tanz

Louiza Avraam, Tanz

Sidney Elizabeth Turtschi, Tanz

Luca Pannacci, Tanz

Mark Sampson, Tanz

Triumphe mit Ludwig van: Beethoven-Ballette am Stuttgarter Ballett

Rainer Zerbst, 1st April

Eine Uraufführung von Mauro Bigonzetti und zwei Klassiker von Hans van Manen als würdige Beethoven-Hommage in Stuttgart.

*****

Czech National Ballet's Scheherazade: a fresh take on an old tale

Graham Watts, 28th November

A modern twist on an ancient tale, Mauro Bigonzetti's new Scheherazade brings challenging and innovative choreography to make this a highly enjoyable production.

****1

Petipa Awards Gala: thrilling theatrics and star turns!

Margaret Willis, 23rd September

A shimmering smorgasbord of some of today’s most exciting international dancers, who performed pristine works by Petipa.

****1

Ratmansky's Russian Seasons the crown jewel in NYCB's mixed bill

Ivy Lin, 25th September

NYCB has always had a mission to present new works and Saturday's program included Amaria, a creation by Mauro Bigonzetti for retiring ballerina Maria Kowroski.

***11

Icy chic: Svetlana Zakharova as Coco Chanel

Mark Pullinger, 4th December

Modanse, a double bill designed for the star Bolshoi ballerina, disappoints at the London Coliseum.

**111

New York City Ballet kicks off its spring season

Ivy Lin, 23rd April

A triple bill of 21st-century ballets at the Koch Theater sees the return of Alexei Ratmansky's masterpiece, Pictures at an Exhibition.

*****

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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.

Freshly hatched: 16 new choreographies in Gauthier Dance's Dying Swans Project