Polunin is Rasputin: a titanic, totemic performance at the Palladium

Par Graham Watts, 02 juin 2019

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“this new full-length ballet is an unqualified success”

Critique faite à London Palladium, Londres, le 1 juin 2019

Rasputin (Yuka Oishi)

Sergei Polunin, Danse

Johan Kobborg, Danse

Alexey Lyubimov, Danse

Elena Ilinykh, Danse

Djordje Kalenic, Danse

Natalia Osipova's absorbing Pure Dance at Sadler's Wells

Graham Watts, 23rd October

Osipova has completely shaken away any inhibitions of classical training to dance more freely than ever before.

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Star dancers choosing questionable dances?

Chantal Nguyen, 27th August

Natalia Osipova and David Hallberg's combined star power transcend this mixed bag of contemporary and classical dance.

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Dance for Ukraine: a roster of major talent from around the world

Deborah Weiss, 18th February

A long list of stars and young hopefuls from every corner of the globe came together to support Ukraine in the second fund-raising gala of its kind.

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L'énergie brute de Shechter II dans In the Brain aux Abbesses

Julie Jozwiak, 3rd April

La jeune troupe d'Hofesh Shechter montre tout son immense talent, dans un formidable élan de libération des pulsions et des êtres comme ils sont.

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(La) Horde tape dans le mille avec Roommates au Centquatre

Julie Jozwiak, 2nd April

Dans le cadre du festival Séquence Danse, le Ballet national de Marseille et son collectif de directeurs artistiques ont proposé un spectacle ambitieux et intelligent en six temps.

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Ensemble, après la nuit : Shiraz d'Armin Hokmi aux Abbesses

Julie Jozwiak, 28th March

Armin Hokmi invite chacun à interpréter à sa guise le geste fondateur du spectacle, l’oscillation très simple d’une main levée devant le visage, et construit à partir de là une fascinante œuvre-univers.

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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.