ABT Studio Company and Royal Ballet School dancers: Shall I Compare Thee?

Por Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 12 febrero 2017

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Crítica hecha desde NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, Nueva York el 10 febrero 2017

New works (Liam Scarlett, Marcelo Gomes)

Chromatic Fantasy (NY première) (Dana Genshaft)

See the Youth Advance (NY première) (Ethan Stiefel)

Birthday Offering (excerpts) (Sir Frederick Ashton)

Concerto: pas de deux (excerpts) (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)

Concerto grosso (excerpts) (Helgi Tomasson)

American Ballet Theatre Studio Company

The Royal Ballet School

El brillante Lago del Royal Ballet: pureza, lirismo y frescura

Cintia Borges Carreras, 22nd July

El ingenio coreográfico de Scarlett encandila a los amantes de la danza. El cisne de Marianela Núñez y la elegancia aristocrática de Vadim Muntagirov trascienden lo técnico para contar desde la emoción.

*****

London City Ballet’s Momentum: a scintillating mix of old and new

Amanda Jennings, 13th September

Christopher Marney has once again brought together a group of outstanding dancers, superb coaches and brilliant choreography to produce an evening of thoroughly absorbing dance.

*****

Scarlett’s Frankenstein returns to the San Francisco Ballet stage

Terez Rose, 20th March

Seeing Frankenstein in its 2025 incarnation feels worthy and redemptive. It’s as vivid and cinematic as ballet gets.

****1

Drawing from tradition but not in thrall to it: London City Ballet

Carla Escoda, 17th September

While most in the audience at New York's Joyce Theater might not have known the original London City Ballet, their affection was palpable at the close of this program.

****1

Swan Lake: double debuts at the Royal Ballet

Amanda Jennings, 11th May

Two very impressive debuts in the lead roles of Liam Scarlett's Swan Lake with The Royal Ballet, bodes well for the futures of Mariko Sasaki and Joseph Sissens.

****1

Queensland Ballet's Dream: pretty fairytale or dark drama?

Ruth Ridgway, 12th April

The music shimmers and the dancers shine in this twisted tale, a comic ballet but with dark undertones.

***11

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Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Andrew is currently a professional chef in New York City but he began life as a ballet dancer with the Hartford and Ohio Ballet companies. His writing also appears on the Huffington Post Blog and BroadwayWorld.com. His latest work, nominated for a James Beard Award, is “Return to the Rivers”, a Himalayan cookbook.