An evening with Scottish Ballet at the Edinburgh Festival

Par Graham Watts, 11 août 2020

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Critique faite à Unknown Venue, Villes inconnues ou diverses, le 8 août 2020

Catalyst (Nicholas Shoesmith)

Oxymore (Sophie Laplane)

Prometheus & Epimetheus (Alexander Whitley)

Trace (Helen Pickett)

Frontiers (Myles Thatcher)

Idle Eyes (Sophie Laplane)

Scottish Ballet

Claire Souet, Danse

Rimbaud Patron, Danse

Aarón Venegas, Danse

Anna Williams, Danse

Bruno Micchiardi, Danse

Jerome Anthony Barnes, Danse

Rishan Benjamin, Danse

Barnaby Rook Bishop, Danse

Grace Horler, Danse

Grace Paulley, Danse

Thomas Edwards, Danse

Ballet Nights: a diverse, delicious and dynamic programme

Deborah Weiss, 29th June

Ballet Nights is getting better and better. This was a truly diverse programme with something for everyone.

****1

Ballet Nights: Ministry of Sound opens its doors to new horizons

Deborah Weiss, 31st May

“Ballet Nights: New Voices” proves a hit in an unlikely venue in Ministry of Sound. Watch this space!

****1

Balletic alchemy in Scottish Ballet's The Crucible

Graham Watts, 14th June

Helen Pickett's slick and revealing adaptation of Arthur Miller's play receives its London premiere at Sadler's Wells.

***11

“Starstruck” Scottish Ballet brings back Gene Kelly ballet back

Graham Watts, 24th September

Gene Kelly's only ballet has been revived by Christopher Hampson, with an excellent twist.

****1

Icy worlds collide in Scottish Ballet's euphoric Secret Theatre

Graham Watts, 21st December

Jess and Morgs continue to break the mould of tired dance films by directing their first full-length feature, which offers much more than just a different way of presenting dance.

*****

Scottish Ballet's The Snow Queen leaves Edinburgh feeling festive

Kirsty Morgan, 12th December

Scottish Ballet’s The Snow Queen at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre retells the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale while maintaining the wintry wonder that makes the story so beloved.

****1

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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.

An evening with Scottish Ballet at the Edinburgh International Festival