Michael Clark: to a simple rock 'n' roll...song

By Graham Watts, 11 October 2016

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“Panchenko ... is stunning ... throughout this work”

Reviewed at Barbican Theatre, London on 8 October 2016

New Work (Michael Clark)

Michael Clark Company

Oxana Panchenko, Dancer

Harry Alexander, Dancer

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***11

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Worth the sacrifice? Ballett am Rhein's Sacre offers mixed results

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The programme’s middle work sees a detour from Stravinsky, to the music of Richard Strauss, lending itself to more lyrical work and some respite from the drama it's sandwiched between.

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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.

Michael Clark Company - to a simple rock 'n' roll...song