Persistent: outstanding triple bill celebrates female choreographers

Par Mark Pullinger, 05 avril 2019

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“Velicu... dances herself to death with child-like terror in her eyes”

Critique faite à Sadler's Wells Theatre, Londres, le 4 avril 2019

Broken Wings (Annabelle Lopez Ochoa)

Nora (World premiere) (Stina Quagebeur)

Le Sacre du printemps (Pina Bausch)

English National Ballet

Gavin Sutherland, Direction

Dieuweke van Reij, Décors

Katja Khaniukova, Danse

Irek Mukhamedov, Danse

Crystal Costa, Danse

Jeffrey Cirio, Danse

Junor Souza, Danse

Francesca Velicu, Danse

English National Ballet Philharmonic

Louie Whitemore, Décors

Vinny Jones, Lumières

Trui Malten, Lumières

Rolf Borzik, Décors

Chris Swithinbank, Piano

Au TCE, le bel hommage des Ballets Jazz de Montréal à Leonard Cohen

Iris Régnier, 16th December

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal sont de passage avenue Montaigne pour Dance me, spectacle chorégraphié par Andonis Foniadakis, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa et Ihsan Rustem sur les musiques du célèbre songwriter canadien Leonard Cohen.

****1

Exciting talents and mixed choreography in Paris Opera Junior Ballet

Vikki Jane Vile, 29th January

Established in 2024, Paris Opera Junior Ballet has been touring extensively since early 2025, with Bonn’s Opera House the latest stop.

***11

Paris Opera Junior Ballet: a plethora of emerging talent

Deborah Weiss, 19th June

A very welcome visit from the Paris Opera Junior Ballet to the Linbury Theatre displays the company in a very favourable light, in a variety of works.

****1

Queensland Ballet: Behind the ‘rags to riches’ story of Coco Chanel

Ruth Ridgway, 4th October

Coco Chanel: the Life of a Fashion Icon is a visually beautiful work about an unscrupulous character and a great addition to Queensland Ballet's repertoire.

****1

BAAND Together Dance Festival: five major companies go toe-to-toe

Carla Escoda, 30th July

Five of the best-known dance companies based in New York City have united for a weeklong program every summer since COVID. This year they shared a stage but stuck to their own rep.

****1

Scottish Ballet's A Streetcar Named Desire: sensual but tragic

Deborah Weiss, 16th May

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's A Streetcar Named Desire for Scottish Ballet fires on all cylinders. Compelling drama and outstanding dancing make this a must-see.

*****

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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.

Persistent: ENB's outstanding new triple bill celebrating female choreographers