Natalia Osipova ignites Didy Veldman's Carmen

By Graham Watts, 29 May 2022

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“Osipova... naturally dominates proceedings and flashes narrative meaning in every expression”

Reviewed at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 27 May 2022

Carmen (Didy Veldman)

Alexandrina Markvo, Director

Nina Kobiashvili, Set Designer

Ben Ormerod, Lighting Designer

Natalia Osipova, Dancer

Isaac Hernández, Dancer

Jason Kittelberger, Dancer

Hannah Ekholm, Dancer

Eryck Brahmania, 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.