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Ballet Nights 007 – Pillars and Pioneers: same formula but better!

Victor Caixeta in Eric Gauthier's ABC
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Francesca Forcella and Jared Kelly in Trey McIntyre's Big Ones (Extracts)
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Matthew Ball and Mayara Magri in Ball's (Re)current
© Deborah Jaffe
BlacBrik: Nahum McLean and Darius Drooh in Death of the Bachelors
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“Lots of laugh-out-loud moments balanced with plenty of jaw-dropping virtuosity”
Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 1 April 2025
Mixed Programme
Ballet Nights
Mara Galeazzi, Dancer
Matthew Ball, Dancer
Mayara Magri, Dancer
Victor Caixeta, Dancer
BalletX
Shiori Kase, Dancer
Rambert School
James Wilton Dance
Michael Bochmann, Violin
Viktor Erik Emanuel, Piano
BlacBrik
Acosta's Don Quixote for BRB: polished but not quite enough panache
***11
The Royal Ballet and McGregor: stunning dancing but nothing really new
***11
The Center Will Not Hold: Dorrance Dance thrills at Sadler's Wells
****1
Natalia Makarova's La Bayadère: a night to remember in Oslo
****1
Scottish Ballet’s Starstruck: plenty of pzazz in Glasgow
****1
Pop goes postmodern: Kyle Abraham's Cassette Vol. 1 in New York
*****
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