Petipa Awards Gala: thrilling theatrics and star turns!

Elisa Ramos and Alejandro Hidalgo in Itzik Galili's El balcón del amor

Sasha De Sola and Bakhtiyar Adamzhan in Don Quixote

Elisa Carrillo Cabrera, Mikhail Kaniskin in Duato's Multiplicity/Forms of Silence and Emptiness

Maia Makhateli, Giorgi Potskhishvili and Bakhtiyar Adamzhan in Le Corsaire

Natalia Makarova receives her Petipa Award from Ted Brandsen

Petipa Awards Gala 2023

Ted Brandsen receives a Petipa Award for Dutch National Ballet from Helgi Tomasson

Par Margaret Willis, 26 septembre 2023

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“It is a charming and elegant gem, filled with old fashioned mannerisms and joyous dancing”

Critique faite à Herbst Theater, San Francisco, le 23 septembre 2023

Mixed Programme (Petipa Awards Gala) (Stanislav Feco, John Cranko, Itzik Galili, Nacho Duato, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Marco Goecke, Edwaard Liang, Manuel Legris, Mauro Bigonzetti, Marius Petipa)

Compañía Nacional de Danza de México

Vasily Medvedev, Mise en scène

Stanislav Feco, Direction artistique

Dorothée Gilbert, Danse

Hugo Marchand, Danse

Nicoletta Manni, Danse

Timofej Andrijashenko, Danse

Elisa Carrillo Cabrera, Danse

Mikhail Kaniskin, Danse

Maia Makhateli, Danse

Giorgi Potskhishvili, Danse

Bakhtiyar Adamzhan, Danse

Sasha De Sola, Danse

Lucía Lacarra, Danse

Matthew Golding, Danse

La première d’Onéguine, prélude aux adieux de Ganio et Pagliero

Laurine Mortha, 8th February

Le ballet de John Cranko sera la dernière danse de l’étoile Mathieu Ganio avant ses adieux à la scène, bientôt suivis de ceux de Ludmila Pagliero... ce qui rend la production d'autant plus bouleversante.

*****

Onéguine, un poème chorégraphique élégiaque

Jade Larine, 13th February

Cet Onéguine dansé restitue avant tout deux univers russes révolus, l'un bucolique et l'autre impérial, composant ainsi un poème chorégraphique d'une infinie poésie.

****1

Emotivo Romeo y Julieta en el Municipal de Santiago

Pedro Carcey, 15th April

La producción del Municipal de Santiago de Romeo y Julieta ofreció una versión emotiva y de una narrativa eficaz para recrear la trágica historia de los amantes de Verona.

****1

Hot ice: Osipova and Brændsrød sizzle in Cranko’s Onegin

Mark Pullinger, 3rd June

Natalia Osipova, a seasoned Tatiana, is joined by Lukas B Brændsrød, making his debut as Onegin in the summer return of John Cranko's take on Pushkin's classic verse novel.

*****

The Royal Ballet in Onegin: supreme performances across the board

Graham Watts, 22nd January

The welcome revival of a borrowed jewel in The Royal Ballet's treasure chest of story ballets.

*****

Onegin is the Bridgerton of ballet

Ivy Lin, 20th June

Two very promising debuts in the lead roles and good performances in the supporting roles, made this an enjoyable Onegin.

****1

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Margaret Willis

Margaret studied ballet in Moscow for five years and later was a member of London City Ballet. A reviewer since 1978 for many newspapers and magazines including Dancing Times and Dance Magazine, Margaret is a specialist on Russian Ballet, and has written books on Russian Ballet and Carlos Acosta.