Two new works in an inspiring triple bill from The Royal Ballet

Por Cristina de Lucas, 25 febrero 2013

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Crítica hecha desde Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres el 22 febrero 2013

Apollo (Apollon musagète) (George Balanchine)

24 Préludes (Alexei Ratmansky)

Aeternum (Christopher Wheeldon)

The Royal Ballet

Carlos Acosta, Apollo

Marianela Núñez, Muse

Alina Cojocaru, Bailarín

Steven McRae, Bailarín

Zenaida Yanowsky, Bailarín

Sarah Lamb, Bailarín

Edward Watson, Bailarín

Rupert Pennefather, Bailarín

Valeri Hristov, Bailarín

Nehemiah Kish, Bailarín

Federico Bonelli, Bailarín

Barry Wordsworth, Dirección

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

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Cristina de Lucas

After a career in the legal field where she combined her job as an Attorney at Law with collaborative roles in various local and international cultural enterprises, Cristina de Lucas turned to dance research and criticism in 2009, when she moved to London. She obtained her doctorate from the Department of Dance at the University of Roehampton (London). Her fully-funded thesis focused on the confluence between dance and narrative in the repertory of the British choreographer Kenneth MacMillan. Her research has received several awards, such a full Vice-Chancellor scholarship and the 2014 SDHS Graduate Student Travel Grant. She also reviews dance and cinema, contributing regularly to several publications in Spain and UK.