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Chien-Shun Liao and Jasiah Marshall in Wayne McGregor's UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey

Company Wayne McGregor in UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey

Salvatore De Simone in UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey

Company Wayne McGregor in UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyessy

Jordan James Bridge and Rebecca Bassett-Graham in UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey

Por Graham Watts, 21 mayo 2023

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“these were important images to convey ecological disaster, but they overpowered the dance”

Crítica hecha desde Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, Londres el 17 mayo 2023

The Dark Crystal: Odyssey (Sir Wayne McGregor)

Company Wayne McGregor

Dr Alex Box, Diseño de vestuario

Salomé Pressac, Bailarín

Jordan James Bridge, Bailarín

Autobiography de un cuerpo sin rostro por Company Wayne McGregor

Cintia Borges Carreras, 7th December

El algoritmo matemático de Autobiography descodifica cuerpos, fragmenta la memoria y altera el equilibrio emocional a través de un montaje atlético y un paisaje lumínico con narrativa propia.

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The Royal Ballet and McGregor: stunning dancing but nothing really new

Deborah Weiss, 18th April

An evening of ballets by Wayne McGregor, including the world premiere of Quantum Souls, proved to be a little too much of the same thing.

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Woolf Works for The Royal Ballet: reaching poetic depths

Maggie Foyer, 17th January

Woolf Works returns to Royal Opera House stage showcasing some of Wayne McGregor’s best choreography and a roster of exceptional performances.

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Ballet superstars in Frankfurt for a night to savour

Vikki Jane Vile, 30th November

For one night only, audiences in Frankfurt were treated to some world class ballet on the expansive stage of the Jahrhunderthalle.

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Wayne McGregor’s Jocasta’s Line offers powerful performances

Maggie Foyer, 13th September

A dramatic staging of two Greek myths, Wayne McGregor’s Jocasta’s Line is an epic production for Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, a truly modern and totally original work.

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Un passionnant panorama de la danse contemporaine à Bordeaux

Julie Jozwiak, 10th April

Temps fort de la saison du Ballet de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux, la soirée « Quatre tendances » associe cette année deux créations de Wiest et Casquilho et deux œuvres cultes de McGregor et León & Lighfoot.

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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.