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Resident choreographer Yuri Possokhov’s Optimistic Tragedy is dedicated “to those who sacrificed their lives for future generations.” 

A vast world of movement rose in celebration of the body’s athleticism and its subtle connection to emotions and personality. 

Soon to retire principal ballerinas, Julie Kent and Xiomara Reyes, delivered poignant performances in Alexei Ratmansky's Seven Sonatas along with poetic dancing by Joseph Gorak. Other standouts included solist Devon Teuscher in the Raymonda Divertissements and James Whiteside in Fancy Free.

The American Ballet Theatre return to the stage of Sadler’s Wells this week with two mixed programmes of 20th and 21st century ballet. The first programme, of four one act pieces, explores the relationship between music and dance, beginning and ending with a UK premiere.Seven Sonatas choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky, ABT’s artist in residence and former Bolshoi director, opens the programme.