Vehicle of hope: David Dawson's Metamorphosis for DNB

Von Graham Watts, 02 Mai 2021

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“Dawson's unpretentious choreography allows the music to flourish with moments of stillness”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam, am 29 April 2021

Metamorphosis (David Dawson)

Dutch National Ballet

Eddie Grundy, Kostüme

Bert Dalhuysen, Licht

Altin Kaftira, Video

David Dawson, Kostüme

James Stout, Tanz

Anna Ol, Tanz

Floor Eimers, Tanz

Erica Horwood, Tanz

Jingjing Mao, Tanz

Constantine Allen, Tanz

Martin ten Kortenaar, Tanz

Jared Wright, Tanz

Riho Sakamoto, Tanz

Olga Khoziainova, Klavier

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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.

Vehicle of hope: David Dawson's Metamorphosis for Dutch National Ballet