Jakop Alhbon Company: Lebensraum

By Graham Watts, 05 February 2018

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“an excellent production”

Reviewed at Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London on 1 February 2018

Lebensraum (Jakop Ahlbom)

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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.

Jakop Ahlbom Company: Lebensraum