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Serving dark powers and evil games: Spuck’s Der Sandmann in Zurich

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“Spuck liberally used the optical and psychological illusions of Hoffmann’s haunting Sandman”
Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 28 May 2016
Der Sandmann
Ballett Zürich
Riccardo Minasi, Conductor
Dirk Becker, Set Designer
Emma Ryott, Costume Designer
Ballett Zürich Junior Company
Orchester der Oper Zürich
Dominik White Slavkovský, Dancer
William Moore, Dancer
Filipe Portugal, Dancer
Matthew Knight, Dancer
Christopher Parker, Dancer
Wei Can, Dancer
Katja Wünsche, Dancer
Viktorina Kapitonova, Dancer
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