Icy chic: Svetlana Zakharova as Coco Chanel

Par Mark Pullinger, 05 décembre 2019

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“Zakharova is everything one expects in the role; sleek, lithe, high extensions stretched to the max”

Critique faite à The London Coliseum, Londres, le 4 décembre 2019

Come un respiro (Like a Breath) (Mauro Bigonzetti)

Gabrielle Chanel (Yuri Possokhov)

Maria Tregubova, Décors

Svetlana Zakharova, Danse

Mikhail Lobukhin, Danse

Vyacheslav Lopatin, Danse

Denis Savin, Danse

Jacopo Tissi, Danse

Ana Turazashvili, Danse

Carlo Cerri, Lumières

Chanel, Costumes

Ilya Starilov, Vidéaste

Ivan Vinogradov, Lumières

Helena Medeiros, Costumes

Czech National Ballet's Scheherazade: a fresh take on an old tale

Graham Watts, 28th November

A modern twist on an ancient tale, Mauro Bigonzetti's new Scheherazade brings challenging and innovative choreography to make this a highly enjoyable production.

****1

Petipa Awards Gala: thrilling theatrics and star turns!

Margaret Willis, 23rd September

A shimmering smorgasbord of some of today’s most exciting international dancers, who performed pristine works by Petipa.

****1

Ratmansky's Russian Seasons the crown jewel in NYCB's mixed bill

Ivy Lin, 25th September

NYCB has always had a mission to present new works and Saturday's program included Amaria, a creation by Mauro Bigonzetti for retiring ballerina Maria Kowroski.

***11

Freshly hatched: Gauthier Dance's Dying Swans Project

Graham Watts, 16th April

A very mixed set of filmed solos themed around The Dying Swan, although this link was often tenuous.

***11

Triumphe mit Ludwig van: Beethoven-Ballette am Stuttgarter Ballett

Rainer Zerbst, 1st April

Eine Uraufführung von Mauro Bigonzetti und zwei Klassiker von Hans van Manen als würdige Beethoven-Hommage in Stuttgart.

*****

New York City Ballet kicks off its spring season

Ivy Lin, 23rd April

A triple bill of 21st-century ballets at the Koch Theater sees the return of Alexei Ratmansky's masterpiece, Pictures at an Exhibition.

*****

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Icy chic: Svetlana Zakharova as Coco Chanel in an airbrushed ballet tribute