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The Dante Project: beautiful dancing but hard to discern a narrative

Melissa Hamilton as Satan and William Bracewell as Dante in Wayne McGregor's The Dante Project
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William Bracewell as Dante in Wayne McGregor's The Dante Project
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William Bracewell as Dante in Wayne McGregor's The Dante Project
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William Bracewell as Dante and Fumi Kaneko as Beatrice in Wayne McGregor's The Dante Project
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“partly covered by dry ice and randomly stepping in as if they were in some sort of dance-off”
Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 25 November 2023
The Dante Project (Sir Wayne McGregor)
The Royal Ballet
Jonathan Lo, Conductor
Tacita Dean, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Lucy Carter, Lighting Designer
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Simon Bennison, Lighting Designer
William Bracewell, Dancer
Fumi Kaneko, Dancer
Gary Avis, Dancer
Marcelino Sambé, Dancer
Yasmine Naghdi, Dancer
Francesca Hayward, Dancer
Matthew Ball, Dancer
Anna Rose O'Sullivan, Dancer
Calvin Richardson, Dancer
Melissa Hamilton, Dancer
Lukas B Brændsrød, Dancer
Nicol Edmonds, Dancer
Joseph Sissens, Dancer
The Royal Ballet and McGregor: stunning dancing but nothing really new
***11
Woolf Works for The Royal Ballet: reaching poetic depths
****1
Ballet superstars in Frankfurt for a night to savour
****1
Wayne McGregor’s Jocasta’s Line offers powerful performances
****1
McGregor’s Deepstaria explores the deepest recesses of the oceans
***11
The Royal Ballet: MaddAddam is carried by sublime performances
***11
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