Pacific Northwest Ballet closes its digital season by looking back

Von Graham Watts, 24 Juni 2021

Laden, bitte warten...

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, am 18 Juni 2021

Happening (Leah Terada, Miles Pertl)

La Valse (Balanchine) (George Balanchine)

for you (World premiere) (Christopher D'Ariano)

Salt of the Earth (World premiere) (Ezra Thomson)

Swan Lake: excerpts (Alexei Ratmansky, Kent Stowell)

The Veil Between Us (excerpt) (Edwaard Liang)

Pacific Northwest Ballet

Laura Tisserand, Tanz

Jerome Tisserand, Tanz

Steven Loch, Tanz

William Lin-Yee, Tanz

Leah Merchant, Tanz

Nancy Casciano, Tanz

Angeli Kiana Mamon-Urrea, Tanz

Leah Terada, Tanz

Miles Pertl, Tanz

Angelica Generosa, Tanz

Christopher D'Ariano, Tanz

Ryan Cardea, Tanz

Lesley Rausch, Tanz

Batkhurel Bold, Tanz

Viel Vergangenheit: Liebeslieder am Wiener Staatsballett

Rainer Zerbst, 14th January

Von Brahms und Balanchine bis Górecki und Childs: das Wiener Staatsballet zeigt einen zeitlosen Abend.

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Bachmann, Mahler, Goecke: Tanztraumpremiere am Wiener Staatsballett

Michael Klier, 14th November

Die vier Tänzerinnen und sieben Tänzer zittern, ihre Arme, Schultern und Hände kratzen, flattern und schluchzen in oft eckigem Gestus und doch sind alle Bewegungen im Fluss.

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Spitzengefühl und neoklassischer Ansatz

Katja Vaghi, 4th May

Die neue Premiere des Staatsballetts spannt einen Bogen über die neuere Tanzgeschichte des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts.

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Mira Nadon’s sparkling debut in Firebird with New York City Ballet

Ivy Lin, 25th April

A triple bill comprising Balanchine's Symphony in C, Agon and Firebird could not have been more inspiringly danced by New York City Ballet.

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Ballet for cowboys and soldiers at Kansas City Ballet

Hilary Stroh, 20th March

Kansas City Ballet celebrate the USA’s 250th anniversary with three American ballets. Balanchine's Stars and Stripes, de Mille's Rodeo and a new work by Caili Quan, A Home Away.

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American Ballet Theatre's double bill is short and sweet in New York

Ivy Lin, 15th March

American Ballet Theatre presents Balanchine's Raymonda: Grand Pas Hongrois and Ratmansky's Firebird which showcases the company well and provides a strong contrast.

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Weitere Kritiken...

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.