A joyful gala event from The Royal Ballet in troubled times

Von Sarah Kirkup, 14 November 2020

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“a thoroughly elegant performance, with Naghdi basking in MacMillan’s arm swoops and full-body dives”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, am 13 November 2020

Scherzo (Valentino Zucchetti)

Rhapsody (Sir Frederick Ashton)

Monotones II (Sir Frederick Ashton)

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux (George Balanchine)

In Our Wishes (Cathy Marston)

Schwanensee: Pas de Deux (Lev Ivanov)

Manon (Act 1 pas de deux) (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)

Concerto (MacMillan) (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)

Dance of the blessed spirits (Sir Frederick Ashton)

Der sterbende Schwan (Mikhail Fokine)

Le Corsaire (Pas de deux) (Marius Petipa)

Within the Golden Hour (Christopher Wheeldon)

The Royal Ballet

Jonathan Lo, Musikalische Leitung

Akane Takada, Tanz

Alexander Campbell, Tanz

Melissa Hamilton, Tanz

Reece Clarke, Tanz

Nicol Edmonds, Tanz

Anna Rose O'Sullivan, Tanz

Marcelino Sambé, Tanz

Romany Pajdak, Tanz

Calvin Richardson, Tanz

Francesca Hayward, Tanz

Cesar Corrales, Tanz

Laura Morera, Tanz

Federico Bonelli, Tanz

Yasmine Naghdi, Tanz

William Bracewell, Tanz

Natalia Osipova, Tanz

Marianela Núñez, Tanz

Vadim Muntagirov, Tanz

Christopher Vanderspar, Cello

Katherine Baker, Flöte

Robert Clark, Klavier

Kate Shipway, Klavier

Covent Garden Orchester des Royal Opera House

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*****

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Ivy Lin, 7th February

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****1

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***11

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****1

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****1

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***11

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Sarah Kirkup

Sarah Kirkup has been Deputy Editor of Gramophone since 2010. She also writes for publications including the Royal Opera House’s in-house magazine and programmes for The Royal Ballet, and reviews dance events for cross-arts online magazine The Cusp. She is particularly interested in the relationship between music and dance, and has spoken on this subject at panel discussions, talks and events.