Lithuanian National Ballet: tremendous in Preljocaj's Le Parc

Julija Stankevičiūtė in Angelin Preljocaj's Le Parc

Julija Stankevičiūtė and Jonas Laucius in Angelin Preljocaj's Le Parc

Lithuanian National Ballet in Angelin Preljocaj's Le Parc

By Jonathan Gray, 15 June 2024

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“full of runs and jumps about the stage, coquetry, swoons, secret glances and hidden longings”

Reviewed at Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Vilnius on 15 June 2024

Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj)

Lithuanian National Ballet

Yannis Pouspourikas, Conductor

Adomas Morkūnas-Budrys, Conductor

Thierry Leproust, Set Designer

Hervé Pierre, Costume Designer

Christian Kass, Lighting Designer

Lithuanian National Opera Orchestra

Jonas Laucius, Dancer

Julija Stankevičiūtė, Dancer

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Jonathan Gray

Jonathan Gray was born in Wales and studied at The Royal Ballet School, Leicester Polytechnic and Wimbledon School of Art. He was a member of the curatorial department of The Theatre Museum, London, from 1989 until 2005, and was editor of Dancing Times from 2008 until its closure in 2022.