Russian Ballet Icons Gala; 100-Year Anniversary of Galina Ulanova

By Margaret Willis, 18 May 2011

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Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 15 May 2011

Les Sylphides (Mikhail Fokine)

Sinatra Variations (Twyla Tharp)

Romeo and Juliet (Leonid Lavrovsky)

Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj)

Diana and Actaeon (Agrippina Vaganova, Vakhtang Chabukiani)

Dvořák Melody (Asaf Messerer)

The Dying Swan (Mikhail Fokine)

Giselle (pas de deux) (Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa)

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux (George Balanchine)

Macbeth (Vladimir Vasiliev)

The Red Poppy (Golden Fingers Variation and Adagio) (Vladimir Vasiliev)

La Belle: Pas de deux (Jean-Christophe Maillot)

The Flames of Paris (Vasily Vainonen)

Orpheus and Eurydice (Asaf Messerer)

Dmitri Gudanov, Dancer

Daria Khokhlova, Dancer

Ekaterina Krysanova, Dancer

Vladislav Lantratov, Dancer

Svetlana Lunkina, Dancer

Andrei Uvarov, Dancer

Svetlana Zakharova, Dancer

Vladimir Malakhov, Dancer

Nadia Saidakova, Dancer

Daria Klimentová, Dancer

Vadim Muntagirov, Dancer

Ulyana Lopatkina, Dancer

Evgenia Obraztsova, Dancer

Igor Zelensky, Dancer

Marat Shemiunov, Dancer

Bernice Coppieters, Dancer

Alexis Olivera, Dancer

Alessio Carbone, Dancer

Dorothée Gilbert, Dancer

Mara Galeazzi, Dancer

David Makhateli, Dancer

Marianela Núñez, Dancer

Thiago Soares, Dancer

Olga Smirnova, Dancer

Sergey Strelkov, Dancer

English National Ballet Philharmonic

Valery Ovsyanikov, Conductor

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Margaret Willis

Margaret studied ballet in Moscow for five years and later was a member of London City Ballet. A reviewer since 1978 for many newspapers and magazines including Dancing Times and Dance Magazine, Margaret is a specialist on Russian Ballet, and has written books on Russian Ballet and Carlos Acosta.