A Giselle of two halves at La Scala

Por Graham Watts, 01 febrero 2021

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“Martina Arduino was a triumph... the crisp precision of her footwork was splendid”

Crítica hecha desde Teatro alla Scala, Milán el 30 enero 2021

Giselle (Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot)

Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company

Koen Kessels, Dirección

Alexandre Benois, Diseño de escena, Diseño de vestuario

Marco Filibeck, Diseño de iluminación

Martina Arduino, Bailarín

Nicoletta Manni, Bailarín

Claudio Coviello, Bailarín

Timofej Andrijashenko, Bailarín

Marta Romagna, Bailarín

Marco Agostino, Bailarín

Virna Toppi, Bailarín

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

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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.