Popcorn, fish dives and a rock guitar lute: Balanchine and Robbins

Por Mark Pullinger, 05 junio 2021

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“in an evening high on understatement, the fireworks came from Natalia Osipova and Reece Clarke”

Crítica hecha desde Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres el 4 junio 2021

Apollo (Apollon musagète) (George Balanchine)

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux (George Balanchine)

Dances at a Gathering (Jerome Robbins)

The Royal Ballet

Koen Kessels, Dirección

Vadim Muntagirov, Bailarín

Anna Rose O'Sullivan, Bailarín

Mayara Magri, Bailarín

Yasmine Naghdi, Bailarín

Gina Storm-Jensen, Bailarín

Natalia Osipova, Bailarín

Reece Clarke, Bailarín

Marianela Núñez, Bailarín

Francesca Hayward, Bailarín

Meaghan Grace Hinkis, Bailarín

Fumi Kaneko, Bailarín

Laura Morera, Bailarín

Alexander Campbell, Bailarín

Federico Bonelli, Bailarín

William Bracewell, Bailarín

Valentino Zucchetti, Bailarín

Luca Acri, Bailarín

Robert Clark, Piano

Vasko Vassilev, Violín

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Popcorn, fish dives and a rock guitar lute: Balanchine and Robbins at The Royal Ballet