Fifty Shades of Satisfaction

By Daniel Url, 30 April 2015

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Reviewed at Republic, Salzburg on 26 April 2015

Dance for Satisfaction

Ballett des Salzburger Landestheaters

Bettina Richter, Costume Designer

Andreas Lungenschmid, Set Designer

Liliya Markina, Dancer

Kate Watson, Dancer

Kristina Kantsel, Dancer

Christina Uta, Dancer

Patric Palkens, Dancer

Josef Vesely, Dancer

Anna Yanchuk, Dancer

Iure de Castro, Dancer

Anastasia Bertinshaw, Dancer

Polish National Ballet: Delusions – standing up for women’s rights

Graham Watts, 11th June

Two distinctly different stories represent women's right to freedom in Delusions, Izadora Weiss’ latest full-length work for Polish National Ballet.

****1

Kontakthof: Echoes of ’78 and Music Music – contrasts in Lugano

Vito Lentini, 11th June

Completely engaging performance of Pina Bausch’s Kontakthof: Echoes of ’78 finds our reviewer disappointed with Music Music from Trajal Harrell in Lugano.

***11

So Are We: León and Lightfoot is a long overdue triumph

Deborah Weiss, 11th June

The Royal Ballet has acquired a double bill from Sol León and Paul Lightfoot that transcended even the highest expectations. An evening to watch over and over again.

*****

Dutch National Ballet's Masters of Movement: mixed results

Mark Vicente, 11th June

Dutch National Ballet presents a triple bill of interesting contemporary works that show off the depth of talent within all ranks of the company.

***11

This is Rambert: all in the present tense

Graham Watts, 10th June

Rambert celebrates 100 years presenting a triple bill of recent or new works. The message is clearly to look forward and not back.

***11

National Ballet of Japan's Swan Lake: tragic but mesmerising

Naomi Mori, 5th June

National Ballet of Japan’s revival of Sir Peter Wright’s Swan Lake showed the company in good form, especially among the unified corps de ballet Swans.

****1

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Daniel Url

Daniel Url hat Musik- & Tanzwissenschaft in Salzburg und Trondheim (Norwegen) studiert. Sein Hauptinteresse gilt der Oper (besonders Wagner und Strauss) und Gesang im Allgemeinen, aber auch großen sinfonischen Werken. Auf der Suche nach der perfekten Opernaufführung durchstreift er regelmäßig die großen Opernhäuser des gesamten deutschsprachigen Raums.