Easter delights in Dutch National Ballet's Spring Special

Von Graham Watts, 12 April 2021

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“Replay, a duet danced with consuming intensity by Vito Mazzeo and YuanYuan Zhang”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam, am 5 April 2021

Giselle (Pas de quatre & Pas de deux) (Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot)

The Sleeping Beauty (Grand pas de deux) (Marius Petipa)

The Talisman (Pas de deux) (Pyotr Gusev)

Duet (Wayne Eagling)

Delibes Suite (José Carlos Martínez)

Alignment (World premiere) (Juliano Nuñes)

Classical Symphony (Gavotte) (Ted Brandsen)

Replay (Ted Brandsen)

Two and Only (Wubkje Kuindersma)

Dutch National Ballet

Het Balletorkest

Anna Ol, Tanz

James Stout, Tanz

Artur Shesterikov, Tanz

Vito Mazzeo, Tanz

YuanYuan Zhang, Tanz

Qian Liu, Tanz

Jessica Xuan, Tanz

Semyon Velichko, Tanz

Jakob Feyferlik, Tanz

Salome Leverashvili, Tanz

Nina Tonoli, Tanz

Jan Spunda, Tanz

Sho Yamada, Tanz

Jozef Varga, Tanz

Timothy van Poucke, Tanz

Anna Tsygankova, Tanz

Constantine Allen, Tanz

Maia Makhateli, Tanz

Young Gyu Choi, Tanz

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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.