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Performer: Jerome Anthony Barnes

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Scottish Ballet's Cinders! confirms Hampson is a savvy theatre-maker

Aaron Venegas as Tarquin in Christopher Hampson's Cinders! © Andy Ross
Christopher Hampson's reinvented version of his own original Cinderella, Cinders!, is a triumph of theatre, whether the central character is danced by a man or a woman.
****1
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Twice-Born: Scottish Ballet opens the season in bold, balanced style

Scottish Ballet in Cayetano Soto's Schachmatt © Andy Ross
Clearly on a mission to prove that today’s dance world comprises many styles that feed into and refresh each other, Scottish Ballet starts as it means to go on.
****1
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A Streetcar Named Desire: sheer dynamite and startlingly erotic

Marge Hendrick as Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire © Andy Ross
It’s back with the same team, slightly tweaked here and there and with a new generation of dancers taking on those iconic roles. What took them so long?
*****
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Scottish Ballet's Coppélia: live filming adds an extra dimension

Bruno Micchiardi as Dr Coppélius in Jess and Morgs' Coppélia © Andy Ross
The integration of an onstage camera shooting live action film is not new, but Jess and Morgs are perfecting the art of adding this extra dimension to live performance.
***11
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Balletic alchemy in Scottish Ballet's The Crucible

Helen Pickett's slick and revealing adaptation of Arthur Miller's play receives its London premiere at Sadler's Wells. 
***11
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Icy worlds collide in Scottish Ballet's euphoric Secret Theatre

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.
*****
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