A bad hair day for Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Medusa

Por Graham Watts, 09 mayo 2019

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“overcoming the recalcitrant hairdo with her piercing stare and deadly kicks”

Crítica hecha desde Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres el 8 mayo 2019

Within the Golden Hour (Christopher Wheeldon)

Medusa (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui)

Flight Pattern (Crystal Pite)

The Royal Ballet

Jonathan Lo, Dirección

Andrew Griffiths, Dirección

Jasper Conran, Diseño de vestuario

Natalia Osipova, Bailarín

Matthew Ball, Bailarín

Olivia Cowley, Bailarín

Ryoichi Hirano, Bailarín

Kristen McNally, Bailarín

Marcelino Sambé, Bailarín

Ailish Tynan, Soprano

Tim Mead, Contratenor

Francesca Chiejina, Soprano

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Peter Mumford, Diseño de iluminación

Jay Gower Taylor, Diseño de escena

Nancy Bryant, Diseño de vestuario

Tom Visser, Diseño de iluminación

Olivia Pomp, Diseño de vestuario

Adam Silverman, Diseño de iluminación

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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.

A bad hair day for Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Medusa at The Royal Ballet