Peter Schaufuss' Sleeping Beauty

By Margaret Willis, 25 July 2012

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Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 24 July 2012

The Sleeping Beauty (Peter Schaufuss)

Peter Schaufuss Ballet

Alban Lendorf, Dancer

Irek Mukhamedov, Dancer

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Cristina de Lucas, 5th August

Queensland Ballet presents Peter Schaufuss’s La Sylphide at London Coliseum, with Luke Schaufuss guesting from Birmingham Royal Ballet, in the lead role of James.

****1

Peter Schaufuss' Nutcracker

Margaret Willis, 25th July

Now, one assumed, with the final production in the marathon Tchaikovsky Trilogy at the London Coliseum, all loose ends would be tied neatly together and Peter Schaufuss’ conception of connecting the three great Russian classics together be evident. Right? Wrong. At the end of Sleeping Beauty the previous night, the Dream Master brought Aurora and Florimund together on the now-famous couch.

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Swan Lake at the Coliseum

Margaret Willis, 23rd July

Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, the three great Russian classical ballet masterpieces which were created in the late 1800s, grace the repertoires of all reputable ballet companies worldwide.

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Roman Mejia and a raft of soloist debuts galvanized Peter Martins' Sleeping Beauty. An elegant production with some incidental messiness and the structural liability of a princess' dependence on a kiss.

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Nureyev’s Sleeping Beauty at La Scala is pure magic

Elsa Giovanna Simonetti, 21st December

Rudolf Nureyev’s production of The Sleeping Beauty is still a magnificent showcase for La Scala after nearly 60 years.

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ENB’s The Sleeping Beauty: disappointing cuts skew the story

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Margaret Willis

Margaret studied ballet in Moscow for five years and later was a member of London City Ballet. A reviewer since 1978 for many newspapers and magazines including Dancing Times and Dance Magazine, Margaret is a specialist on Russian Ballet, and has written books on Russian Ballet and Carlos Acosta.