A quintet of creations in English National Ballet's digital season

Von Graham Watts, 23 Dezember 2020

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“Quagebeur brings her unique perspective... creating a breathless momentum”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: English National Ballet Production Studio, London, am 23 Dezember 2020

Take Five Blues (Stina Quagebeur)

Senseless Kindness (Yuri Possokhov)

Laid in Earth (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui)

Echoes (Russell Maliphant)

Jolly Folly (Arielle Smith)

English National Ballet

Gavin Sutherland, Musikalische Leitung

Federica Romana, Kostüme

Shaun James Grant, Video director

Thomas James, Video director

Dries Van Noten, Kostüme

Panagiotis Tomaras, Video director

Amy Becker-Burnett, Video director

Francesco Gabriele Frola, Tanz

Emma Hawes, Tanz

Isaac Hernández, Tanz

Alison McWhinney, Tanz

Erina Takahashi, Tanz

James Streeter, Tanz

Precious Adams, Tanz

Jeffrey Cirio, Tanz

Fernanda Oliveira, Tanz

Fabian Reimair, Tanz

Michael Nunn, Video director

William Trevitt, Video director

Isabelle Brouwers, Tanz

Eileen Evrard, Tanz

Giorgio Garrett, Tanz

Anjuli Hudson, Tanz

Junor Souza, Tanz

Julia Conway, Tanz

Francesca Velicu, Tanz

Erik Woolhouse, Tanz

English National Ballet Philharmonic

A new Mats Ek Rite of Spring a leaving gift for ENB's Tamara Rojo

Graham Watts, 9th November

Ek's second, very different take on Stravinsky's Rite crowns an English National Ballet triple bill extolling the pure joy of dance and exposing the terror of forced marriage.

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Northern Ballet's triple bill: Made in Leeds, imported from London

Graham Watts, 1st November

A programme of exciting new work to symbolise a new identity for Northern Ballet.

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Akram Khan's thought-provoking, beautiful Giselle reaches New York

Ivy Lin, 10th June

Tamara Rojo's English National Ballet takes Akram Khan's version of Giselle, created on the company, to the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

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Akram Khan's ENB Creature finally released

Graham Watts, 23rd September

Have two Covid-enforced delays left too much time for Akram Khan and his team to tinker with their new creation for English National Ballet?

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Solstice: ENB closes its season with a midsummer gala

Graham Watts, 16th June

A mixed bag from the ENB repertoire to greet the summer solstice at the Royal Festival Hall.

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Live dance returns to London: ENB's Reunion

Graham Watts, 26th May

The ENB translates its digital films made during the pandemic into an evening of a live performance.

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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.