Performer: Tatyana van Walsum

BarcelonaAida

Gran Teatre del Liceu: Auditorium, Sep 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, Oct 01, 02, 03, 04, 06, 07, 08, 09, 11, 13, 14, 15

Verdi: Aida

Antonello Manacorda; Shirin Neshat; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Josep Gil; Christian Schmidt; Tatyana van Walsum; Felice Ross

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Dutch National Ballet is on solid ground with season opener Monument

Dutch National Ballet in In Flux by Juanjo Arqués © Altin Kaftira

Mark Vicente, 19 Sep

Dutch National Ballet's triple bill, Monument, is a statement on Dutch artistry and ideology.

****1

Kristóf Szabó as The Eagle in Krzysztof Pastor's Prometheus © Ewa Krasucka

Maggie Foyer, 18 Jun

In Prometheus, Krzysztof Pastor has created an epic full-length ballet for his company which serves to show-off a roster of powerful principal roles as well as a fine ensemble.

****1

Ensemble Ballett am Rhein in Dominique Dumais’ A Kiss to the World © Ingo Schäfer

Vikki Jane Vile, 26 Jan

Dominique Dumais ultimately seeks to address how humans long for contact and closeness, and explore the different meanings there can be behind a kiss.

**111

Stealing fire: Beethoven's Prometheus choreographed afresh at DNB

Mark Pullinger, 08 Jun

Salvatore Viganò's choreography for Beethoven's 1801 ballet Prometheus has not survived, but a trio of creators put their own stamp on the score in Amsterdam.

****1

A radical take on Romeo and Juliet at Polish National Ballet

Jenifer Sarver, 16 Apr

Prokofiev's score is reordered, the choreography is contemporary, characters are missing, and each of the three main scenes is set during a different 20th-century time period... yet, to a certain extent, it works.

***11