Ecstasy and Death: An excellent triple bill by English National Ballet

By Cristina de Lucas, 22 April 2013

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Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 18 April 2013

Petite Mort (Jiří Kylián)

Le Jeune homme et la mort (Roland Petit)

Études (Harald Lander)

English National Ballet

Laurretta Summerscales, Dancer

Esteban Berlanga, Dancer

Nicolas Le Riche, Dancer

Tamara Rojo, Dancer

Erina Takahashi, Dancer

Vadim Muntagirov, Dancer

James Forbat, Dancer

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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.