A joyful gala event from The Royal Ballet in troubled times

Par Sarah Kirkup, 14 novembre 2020

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“a thoroughly elegant performance, with Naghdi basking in MacMillan’s arm swoops and full-body dives”

Critique faite à Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres, le 13 novembre 2020

Scherzo (Valentino Zucchetti)

Rhapsody (Sir Frederick Ashton)

Monotones II (Sir Frederick Ashton)

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux (George Balanchine)

In Our Wishes (Cathy Marston)

Swan Lake: Pas de Deux (Lev Ivanov)

L'Histoire de Manon (Act 1 pas de deux) (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)

Concerto (MacMillan) (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)

Dance of the blessed spirits (Sir Frederick Ashton)

The Dying Swan (Mikhail Fokine)

Le Corsaire (Pas de deux) (Marius Petipa)

Within the Golden Hour (Christopher Wheeldon)

The Royal Ballet

Jonathan Lo, Direction

Akane Takada, Danse

Alexander Campbell, Danse

Melissa Hamilton, Danse

Reece Clarke, Danse

Nicol Edmonds, Danse

Anna Rose O'Sullivan, Danse

Marcelino Sambé, Danse

Romany Pajdak, Danse

Calvin Richardson, Danse

Francesca Hayward, Danse

Cesar Corrales, Danse

Laura Morera, Danse

Federico Bonelli, Danse

Yasmine Naghdi, Danse

William Bracewell, Danse

Natalia Osipova, Danse

Marianela Núñez, Danse

Vadim Muntagirov, Danse

Christopher Vanderspar, Violoncelle

Katherine Baker, Flûte

Robert Clark, Piano

Kate Shipway, Piano

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Les « Racines » inégales du Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris à Bastille

Laurine Mortha, 6th October

Entre une pièce des années 1950 de Balanchine et les deux créations récentes des chorégraphes Mthuthuzeli November et Christopher Wheeldon, le programme mixte néo-classique produit un effet mitigé.

***11

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Programme Y

Anne-Laure Faubert, 8th July

A l’occasion de la 13° édition des Etés de la Danse, l'Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater prend ses quartiers à la Seine Musicale.

Un hommage à Pierre Boulez hétéroclite

Laurine Mortha, 5th December

Avec une soirée mixte réunissant les chorégraphies de Christopher Wheeldon, Wayne McGregor et Pina Bausch, l’Opéra de Paris rend hommage au compositeur et chef d’orchestre contemporain Pierre Boulez.

****1

Atlanta Ballet shines in a mixed contemporary program

Rebecca Ehrhardt, 3rd April

Atlanta Ballet's Golden Hour program featured two world premieres and the Atlanta premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour.

*****

NYCB: Ratmansky’s The Naked King is not satire, but good fun

Ivy Lin, 7th February

New York City Ballet presents a very entertaining quadruple bill which includes Alexei Ratmansky’s latest work, The Naked King, showing off the company’s comic talents.

****1

The Royal Ballet’s Like Water for Chocolate is sumptuous but complex

Amanda Jennings, 1st October

The Royal Ballet’s season opener, Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate, is visually tremendous, very well danced but the many principal and soloist characters are difficult to keep up with.

****1

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Sarah Kirkup

Sarah Kirkup has been Deputy Editor of Gramophone since 2010. She also writes for publications including the Royal Opera House’s in-house magazine and programmes for The Royal Ballet, and reviews dance events for cross-arts online magazine The Cusp. She is particularly interested in the relationship between music and dance, and has spoken on this subject at panel discussions, talks and events.