Fast paced and original: three Polish premieres arrive in Wrocław

Opera Wrocławska Ballet in Flight

Opera Wrocławska Ballet in Boléro

Opera Wrocławska Ballet in Elsa Canasta

By Vikki Jane Vile, 05 April 2023

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“the ladies fling themselves from the top of the staircase into the arms of the waiting body of males”

Reviewed at Opera Wrocławska, Wrocław on 1 April 2023

Flight (Malgorzata Dzierzon)

Boléro (Meryl Tankard)

Elsa Canasta (Javier De Frutos)

Opera Wroclawska Ballet

Adam Banaszak, Conductor

Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra

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***11

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***11

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****1

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Vikki Jane Vile

Vikki Jane Vile has been reviewing dance for over ten years, specialising in Ballroom and Ballet. In 2018, she became a member of the Critics' Circle for Dance. Vikki writes for BroadwayWorld and previously Dancing Times, LondonDance.com and CultureWhisper. She also prides herself on being a Strictly Come Dancing connoisseur since its inception and has appeared on BBC radio and several podcasts as an expert on all things Strictly. Having lived in London for ten years, she is now based in Germany and adapting to the Berlin dance scene.