La Fresque: a modern twist on an ancient fairy tale

By Graham Watts, 03 October 2019

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“the ten dancers are as superb as we have come to expect from the Ballet Preljocaj ensemble”

Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 1 October 2019

La Fresque (UK premiere) (Angelin Preljocaj)

Ballet Preljocaj

Constance Guisset, Set Designer

Azzedine Alaïa, Costume Designer

Antoine Dubois, Dancer

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.

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