Johan Inger's Carmen for CND

By Cristina de Lucas, 17 June 2017

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“succeeded in creating a Carmen that revisits the well-known story from a fresh perspective”

Reviewed at Teatros del Canal: Sala Roja, Madrid on 15 June 2017

Carmen (Roland Petit, Johan Inger)

Compañía Nacional de Danza

Curt Allen Wilmer, Set Designer

National Ballet of Japan: Petit’s Coppélia charms its live audience

Naomi Mori, 24th February

National Ballet of Japan performed Roland Petit’s Coppélia in front of a live audience for the first time, showing the company to be in great form.

****1

La Scala's home-made tribute celebrates Carla Fracci's legacy

Silvia Poletti, 9th April

The first Fracci Gala at the Teatro alla Scala celebrates the memory and the stature of a child of the house, who not always considered so in life.

***11

Roland Petit's Coppelia a holiday week treat in Japan

Naomi Mori, 2nd May

Roland Petit's Coppélia by The National Ballet of Japan was streamed to more than 30,000 online viewers, entertaining people forced to stay home during the holidays.

****1

Musicians and dancers unite for Ravenna’s reimagined dance event

Sarah Kirkup, 18th July

Beatrice Rana and Mario Brunello provide live music for seven internationally renowned dancers, including Paris Opéra Ballet’s Hugo Marchand and Spanish flamenco whizz Sergio Bernal, at the 15th-century Rocca Brancaleone.

****1

A roller-coaster of diverse dance as ENB celebrates its 70th

Graham Watts, 17th January

A slick and stylish celebration at the Coliseum of this great company's achievements over 70 years.

****1

Kings of the Dance, London Coliseum

Margaret Willis, 19th March

Five vital young men from top international ballet companies hit the stage of the
London Coliseum in Kings of the Dance.

****1

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Cristina de Lucas

After a career in the legal field where she combined her job as an Attorney at Law with collaborative roles in various local and international cultural enterprises, Cristina de Lucas turned to dance research and criticism in 2009, when she moved to London. She obtained her doctorate from the Department of Dance at the University of Roehampton (London). Her fully-funded thesis focused on the confluence between dance and narrative in the repertory of the British choreographer Kenneth MacMillan. Her research has received several awards, such a full Vice-Chancellor scholarship and the 2014 SDHS Graduate Student Travel Grant. She also reviews dance and cinema, contributing regularly to several publications in Spain and UK.

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