A myriad of kaleidoscopic patterns in Ola Maciejewska Bombyx Mori

By Graham Watts, 13 March 2022

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Reviewed at Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, London on 11 March 2022

Bombyx Mori (Ola Maciejewska)

Rima Ben Brahim, Lighting Designer

Ola Maciejewska, Dancer

Amaranta Velarde Gonzales, Dancer

Maciej Sado, Dancer

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.