Easter delights in Dutch National Ballet's Spring Special

Por Graham Watts, 12 abril 2021

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“Replay, a duet danced with consuming intensity by Vito Mazzeo and YuanYuan Zhang”

Crítica hecha desde Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Ámsterdam el 5 abril 2021

Giselle (Pas de quatre & Pas de deux) (Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot)

La bella durmiente (Grand pas de deux) (Marius Petipa)

The Talisman (Pas de deux) (Pyotr Gusev)

Duet (Wayne Eagling)

Delibes Suite (José Carlos Martínez)

Alignment (World premiere) (Juliano Nuñes)

Classical Symphony (Gavotte) (Ted Brandsen)

Replay (Ted Brandsen)

Two and Only (Wubkje Kuindersma)

Dutch National Ballet

Het Balletorkest

Anna Ol, Bailarín

James Stout, Bailarín

Artur Shesterikov, Bailarín

Vito Mazzeo, Bailarín

YuanYuan Zhang, Bailarín

Qian Liu, Bailarín

Jessica Xuan, Bailarín

Semyon Velichko, Bailarín

Jakob Feyferlik, Bailarín

Salome Leverashvili, Bailarín

Nina Tonoli, Bailarín

Jan Spunda, Bailarín

Sho Yamada, Bailarín

Jozef Varga, Bailarín

Timothy van Poucke, Bailarín

Anna Tsygankova, Bailarín

Constantine Allen, Bailarín

Maia Makhateli, Bailarín

Young Gyu Choi, Bailarín

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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.