Ivan Putrov's Against the Stream gala unearths some gems

Par Graham Watts, 09 avril 2019

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“sizzled with virtuoso dancing... Zagrebin’s pair of gasp-inducing, full rotation jetés en tournant”

Critique faite à The London Coliseum, Londres, le 7 avril 2019

Suite en Blanc (Excerpt) (Serge Lifar)

A Suite of Dances (Excerpt) (Jerome Robbins)

En sol majeur (Excerpt) (Jerome Robbins)

Cinderella (Excerpt) (Rudolf Noureev)

Images of Love (Excerpt) (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)

Dance of the blessed spirits (Sir Frederick Ashton)

Diamants (Excerpt) (George Balanchine)

Sinatra Suite (Excerpt) (Twyla Tharp)

The Awakening (Excerpt) (Sir Frederick Ashton)

The Flames of Paris (Excerpt) (Vasily Vainonen)

Diana and Actaeon (Excerpt) (Agrippina Vaganova)

Samuel Burstin, Direction

Mathieu Ganio, Danse

Hannah O'Neill, Danse

Joaquín de Luz, Danse

Urska Horvat, Violoncelle

Maria Kowroski, Danse

Tyler Angle, Danse

Marcelo Gomes, Danse

Kate-Lynn Robichaux, Danse

Ivan Putrov, Danse

Matthew Ball, Danse

Mayara Magri, Danse

Katja Khaniukova, Danse

Dmitry Zagrebin, Danse

Paradisal Orchestra

L'hommage vibrant de l'Opéra de Paris à Patrick Dupond

Laurine Mortha, 23rd February

Deux ans après le décès de Patrick Dupond, l'hommage prit la forme d'une somptueuse soirée de gala, avec le défilé du Ballet et l'interprétation de trois œuvres emblématiques du parcours du danseur.

*****

National Ballet of Canada runs the gamut from sci-fi to suspendu

Gianmarco Segato, 21st March

National Ballet of Canada adds three new works to its repertoire with cutting-edge pieces by William Yong and Emma Portner as well as Serge Lifar's early 20th-century paean to classicism.

****1

A showcase for Ukrainian ballet at Sadler's Wells

Graham Watts, 7th September

Ivan Putrov, who has enjoyed a long career based in London, brings dancers from his homeland for a special London gala.

***11

Australian Ballet's Imperial Suite

Pia Savoie, 2nd May

Pia Savoie reviews the Australian Ballet in Imperial Suite at the Sydney Opera House, combining the two classics Ballet Imperial by Balanchine and Lifar's Suite en Blanc.

****1

San Francisco Ballet's Program 7

Terez Rose, 29th April

San Francisco Ballet's Program 7 presents a satisfying triple-bill event, featuring a world premiere of Liam Scarlett's Hummingbird, as well as the memorable Suite en Blanc and The Fifth Season.

****1

Ballet in a Splendid Setting: English National Ballet at St Paul's Cathedral

Hanna Weibye, 3rd July

To sit directly under the splendid chiaroscuro dome of St Paul's Cathedral, with angels, apostles and Christ himself glittering down from mosaiced arches, is to be in the middle of astonishing beauty.

***11

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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.

Ivan Putrov's Against the Stream gala unearths some gems at the Coliseum