Hauntingly beautiful: Crystal Pite's Light of Passage at the ROH

Light of Passage

Kristen McNally in Light of Passage

Light of Passage

Por Graham Watts, 19 octubre 2022

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“as the rite of passage reaches its climax, Pite goes for broke with her ensemble movement”

Crítica hecha desde Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres el 18 octubre 2022

Light of Passage (Crystal Pite)

The Royal Ballet

Zoi Tsokanou, Dirección

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Marcelino Sambé, Bailarín

Kristen McNally, Bailarín

Francesca Chiejina, Soprano

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Fruit d'un travail entre la chorégraphe canadienne Crystal Pite et le metteur en scène britannique Simon McBurney, Figures in Extinction est un succès incontestable, porté par une compagnie au sommet de son art.

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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.

Hauntingly beautiful: Crystal Pite's Light of Passage at The Royal Ballet