Natalia Osipova proves one of the truly great Giselles of our times

Por Graham Watts, 05 noviembre 2021

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“balletomanes often hark back to the greats of the past but here is a genuine great for today”

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

Giselle (Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, Sir Peter Wright)

The Royal Ballet

Boris Gruzin, Dirección

John Macfarlane, Diseño de escena

Jennifer Tipton, Diseño de iluminación

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Natalia Osipova, Bailarín

Reece Clarke, Bailarín

Elizabeth McGorian, Bailarín

Lukas B Brændsrød, Bailarín

Christina Arestis, Bailarín

Mayara Magri, Bailarín

Claire Calvert, Bailarín

Melissa Hamilton, Bailarín

Yuhui Choe, Bailarín

Luca Acri, Bailarín

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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.