Northern Ballet's Romeo & Juliet: a plethora of outstanding dancers

Dominique Larose as Juliet in Romeo & Juliet

Dominique Larose as Juliet and Joseph Taylor as Romeo in Romeo & Juliet

Aaron Kok as Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet

Northern Ballet dancers in Romeo & Juliet

Par Graham Watts, 29 mai 2024

Chargement en cours, veuillez patienter...

Voir le listing complet

“The culminating highlight is as it should be, a particularly sensual and dreamy balcony pas de deux”

Critique faite à Sadler's Wells Theatre, Londres, le 28 mai 2024

Roméo et Juliette (Christopher Gable, Massimo Moricone)

Northern Ballet

Daniel Parkinson, Direction

Lez Brotherston, Décors, Costumes

Northern Ballet Sinfonia

Dominique Larose, Danse

Joseph Taylor, Danse

Aaron Kok, Danse

Massimo Moricone’s Romeo and Juliet in Bordeaux: fast paced action

Elsa Giovanna Simonetti, 7th December

Strong drama and powerful central performances of Massimo Moricone's Romeo and Juliet in Bordeaux for the first time.

****1

Northern Ballet at 50: a gala celebration in Leeds

Graham Watts, 4th January

Northern Ballet reaches its half-century with a gala at Leeds Grand Theatre featuring highlights from its "greatest hits".

***11

Northern Ballet's A Christmas Carol will leave you ready for mince pies around the log fire

Catherine Sutherland, 9th October

Inspired by Dickens’ novel of the same title, Northern Ballet’s piece really captures the essence of Dickensian London at Christmas time. Dickens’ famous renderings of the festive season made much of his work almost synonymous with Christmas. Dickens’ most popular novel, A Christmas Carol redefined the spirit of Christmas as an enduring sense of community and sharing.

****1

Sae Eun Park consacrée étoile à l’issue de Roméo et Juliette

Laurine Mortha, 10th June

Pour la première de l’indémodable chef-d’œuvre de Rudolf Noureev, la soirée fut pleine d’émotion à Bastille, marquée par le couronnement de Sae Eun Park dans le rôle de Juliette.

*****

Les surprises du chef ! Salonen remplace Sokhiev à la Philharmonie

Alain Lompech, 23rd September

Appelé à la rescousse pour diriger l'Orchestre de Paris, le chef finlandais n'a pas souhaité diriger le Troisième de « Rachma » ; Lukas Geniušas a donc choisi le Concerto en sol de Ravel. Bonne pioche !

*****

Valery Gergiev et Alexandre Kantorow illuminent Montreux

Thomas Muller, 1st September

Au Septembre Musical de Montreux, Valery Gergiev et l'Orchestre du Théâtre Mariinsky ont déployé une grande fresque russe qui n'a pas manqué de panache, en compagnie du pianiste Alexandre Kantorow.

*****

Plus de critiques...

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.