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Popcorn, fish dives and a rock guitar lute: Balanchine and Robbins at The Royal Ballet

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“in an evening high on understatement, the fireworks came from Natalia Osipova and Reece Clarke”
Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 4 June 2021
Apollo (Apollon musagète) (George Balanchine)
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux (George Balanchine)
Dances at a Gathering (Jerome Robbins)
The Royal Ballet
Koen Kessels, Conductor
Vadim Muntagirov, Dancer
Anna Rose O'Sullivan, Dancer
Mayara Magri, Dancer
Yasmine Naghdi, Dancer
Gina Storm-Jensen, Dancer
Natalia Osipova, Dancer
Reece Clarke, Dancer
Marianela Núñez, Dancer
Francesca Hayward, Dancer
Meaghan Grace Hinkis, Dancer
Fumi Kaneko, Dancer
Laura Morera, Dancer
Alexander Campbell, Dancer
Federico Bonelli, Dancer
William Bracewell, Dancer
Valentino Zucchetti, Dancer
Luca Acri, Dancer
Robert Clark, Piano
Vasko Vassilev, Violin
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