Les Enfants Terribles

By Graham Watts, 30 January 2017

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Reviewed at Barbican Theatre, London on 28 January 2017

Les Enfants terribles (Javier De Frutos)

Dancers of the Royal Ballet

Zenaida Yanowsky, Dancer

Edward Watson, Dancer

Clemmie Sveaas, Dancer

Jennifer Davis, Soprano

Emily Edmonds, Mezzo-soprano

Paul Curievici, Tenor

Gyula Nagy, Baritone

Jonathan Goddard, Dancer

Thomasin Gülgeç, Dancer

Acosta Danza – A Decade in Motion: a truly tremendous quadruple bill

Graham Watts, 23rd September

The brightest of many stellar things to have happened in dance over the past decade, Acosta Danza wowed the audience at Sadler's Wells with their vitality.

****1

Fast paced and original: three Polish premieres arrive in Wrocław

Vikki Jane Vile, 1st April

There is no specific spotlight in any of the pieces. In all three, the choreography is shared and there are no grand solos or flashy principals to steal attention.

***11

Hit & Miss: Ballet Boyz 14 Days

Philippa Newis, 10th October

Artistic directors of Ballet Boyz Billy Trevitt and Michael Nunn stage a speed dating style collaboration, match making four choreographers with four composers. The quality of performance is top-notch, but the choreography is pot luck in places.

***11

A Passing Cloud that leaves few impressions

Katja Vaghi, 17th November

Royal New Zealand Ballet’s mixed bill A Passing Cloud leaves very few impressions of Pasifika culture and war commemoration but is transfigured by Bach, at the Linbury Studio Theatre.

***11

Ballet Black Triple Bill, London

Cristina de Lucas, 27th February

In its annual visit to Linbury Studio, Ballet Black presents Arthur Pita’s brilliant A Dream Within a Midsummer Night’s Dream together with new works by Martin Lawrence, Christopher Marney.

*****

An evening of novelty with Ballet Black's annual visit to the Linbury Studio

Cristina de Lucas, 5th March

Just a few weeks after being awarded the prestigious 2012 Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards for Best Independent Company, Ballet Black has paid its annual visit to the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Studio, presenting four new ballets that confirm the strong commitment of the company to original works.

****1

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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.

The Royal Ballet: Les Enfants Terribles