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Balanchine, Ratmansky, Goecke: contrasting brilliance in Monte Carlo

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo in Balanchine's The Four Temperaments
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Jaeyong An and Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo in Balanchine's The Four Temperaments
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Ashley Krauhaus in Ratmansky's Wartime Elegy
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Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo in Goecke's La Nuit transfigurée
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“glorious, inventive, meaningful choreography and ravishing dancing”
Reviewed at Grimaldi Forum: Salle des Princes, Monaco on 23 April 2025
The Four Temperaments (George Balanchine)
Wartime Elegy (Alexei Ratmansky)
La Nuit transfigurée (world premiere) (Marco Goecke)
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
Wendall K Harrington, Set Designer
Moritz Junge, Costume Designer
Reed Nakayama, Lighting Designer
Michaela Springer, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Udo Haberland, Lighting Designer
Jaeyong An, Dancer
Ige Cornelis, Dancer
Juliette Klein, Dancer
Ashley Krauhaus, Dancer
Kozam Radouant, Dancer
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