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The Dante Project: beautiful dancing but hard to discern a narrative

Melissa Hamilton as Satan and William Bracewell as Dante in Wayne McGregor's The Dante Project © Andrej Uspenski
Thomas Adès' score does most of the storytelling in this epic production, though the dancing is superlative.
***11
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Paradise? Hell is more fun in Wayne McGregor's Dante Project

McGregor and Adès' collaboration for The Royal Ballet is impressive, but doesn't always tug at the heartstrings.

***11
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The Dante Project au Palais Garnier : McGregor dans le texte

Germain Louvet (Dante) et Hannah O'Neill ( Béatrice) © Ann Ray / Opéra national de Paris
À l'image de la Divine Comédie qu'il illustre, le ballet de Wayne McGregor (sur une musique originale de Thomas Adès) est dense, abscons, métaphorique.
***11
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