Pita's Little Match Girl

Par Graham Watts, 15 décembre 2016

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“Pita has turned the essence of Andersen’s tale into a visually appealing spectacle”

Critique faite à Sadler's Wells: Lilian Baylis Studio, Londres, le 14 décembre 2016

The Little Match Girl (Arthur Pita)

Iolanta / Casse-Noisette ressuscités avec génie par Tcherniakov

Laurine Mortha, 13th May

L’opéra Iolanta et le ballet Casse-Noisette sont réunis dans une co-création d’envergure qui rassemble les talents du scénographe Dmitri Tcherniakov et des chorégraphes Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Edouard Lock et Arthur Pita.

*****

Tcherniakov triomphe dans Iolanta mais contrarie Casse-Noisette

Mark Pullinger, 11th March

A Paris, l'enfant terrible russe réunit Iolanta et Casse-Noisette... avec des résultats très contrastés.

***11

Next Generation Festival: Rambert School impresses throughout

Graham Watts, 1st July

A show where the whole School was the star.

****1

English National Ballet School embraces the unconventional

Deborah Weiss, 19th June

English National Ballet School Professional Trainees show great versatility in their final performance of the year, with a highly entertaining mixed programme.

****1

Pita’s disturbing take on Hans Christian Andersen’s grim fairy-tale

Sarah Kirkup, 20th June

Natalia Osipova and Jonathan Goddard excel in the gothic drama of Pita’s storytelling – but is it all just a bit too gory?

***11

ABT's Whiteside and Trenary star in Pita's The Tenant at The Joyce

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 10th November

The single best thing about The Tenant was Frank Moon’s score, played by Moon himself on the piano, violin, and singing.

***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.

Arthur Pita's The Little Match Girl