Excuses to dance: The Mikhailovsky Ballet's Laurencia at the Coliseum

By Margaret Willis, 04 April 2013

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Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 2 April 2013

Laurencia (Vakhtang Chabukiani)

Mikhailovsky Ballet

Natalia Osipova, Dancer

Ivan Vasiliev, Dancer

Oksana Bondareva, Dancer

Sabina Yapparova, Dancer

Nikolay Korypayev, Dancer

Andrey Yakhnyuk, Dancer

Pavel Maslennikov, Dancer

Philip Parkhachov, Dancer

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Margaret Willis

Margaret studied ballet in Moscow for five years and later was a member of London City Ballet. A reviewer since 1978 for many newspapers and magazines including Dancing Times and Dance Magazine, Margaret is a specialist on Russian Ballet, and has written books on Russian Ballet and Carlos Acosta.