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International Draft Works showcases new choreography with aplomb

Opera Ballet Flanders' Philipe Lens and Nicola Wills in Two People in Love Never Shake Hands
© Royal Opera House
Korean National Ballet in Season ; Spring by Youngcheol Lee
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Korean National Ballet in Youngcheol Lee's Season ; Spring
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Mayara Magri and Matthew Ball in To & Fro
© The Royal Opera House
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“exceptionally well danced with lustrous artistry”
Reviewed at Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, London on 10 April 2024
Season ; Spring (Youngcheol Lee)
Two People in Love Never Shake Hands (Nicola Wills)
Act Naturally (Barbora Rašková)
Ignored But Not Misunderstood (Olmo Verbeeck Martínez)
New work (Joseph Toonga)
Andromedae (Lucas Lima)
Tetra (Lachlan Monaghan)
Moonlight (Florent Melac)
Liminal (Madeline Squire)
To & Fro (Matthew Ball)
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The Royal Ballet’s Light of Passage: mesmerisingly beautiful
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