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Wheeldon’s Alice: The Royal Ballet shines in a vehicle of excellence

Anna Rose O'Sullivan and William Bracewell in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland © Andrej Uspenski/RBO
Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland shows off The Royal Ballet's roster of supreme dance actors in every version of technical wizardry and comic incarnation.
****1
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The RB's Romeo and Juliet: electrifying on-stage chemistry

Natalia Osipova as Juliet and Patricio Revé as Romeo with The Royal Ballet in Romeo and Juliet © Andrej Uspenski/RBO
A compelling performance of MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet from an excellent cast, proves to be a triumph for Patricio Revé, debuting with the Company and paired with Natalia Osipova.
*****
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Naghdi’s Juliet pierces the heart as MacMillan’s masterpiece returns

Matthew Ball (Romeo) and Yasmine Naghdi (Juliet) © RBO | Andrej Uspenski
“But, soft, what light through yonder window breaks?” Yasmine Naghdi reaches new interpretative depths in this revival of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s classic Romeo and Juliet
****1
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The Royal Ballet's revival of Cinderella: a sparkling spectacle

Gary Avis and Luca Acri as Stepsisters in Ashton's Cinderella © Andrej Uspenski
The Royal Ballet revive Ashton's masterpiece with some superlative leading performances in a production that is visually rich and imaginative.
****1
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Wheeldon’s Alice is an attractive but disjointed spectacular

Steven McRae as the Mad Hatter in Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland © Alice Pennefather
Last seen in 2017, Christopher Wheeldon’s take on the classic Lewis Carroll novel returns to the Royal Opera House stage, or rather Royal Ballet and Opera as we must now call it.
***11
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The Sarasota Ballet's Ashton Gala: keeping his ballets very much alive

The Sarasota Ballet in Ashton's Valses nobles et sentimentales © Frank Atura
Bringing Ashton from Florida to The Royal Opera House sounds like “coals to Newcastle” but I think that “discovering buried treasure” might be a more appropriate idiom.
****1
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