National Ballet of Canada's Swan Lake

By Naomi Mori, 15 March 2014

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Reviewed at Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto on 13 March 2014

Swan Lake (James Kudelka)

National Ballet of Canada

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A long-awaited return to the UK, showcasing the work of Canadian choreographers in an outstanding mixed programme.

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James Kudelka's Czarist vision of The Nutcracker offers Imperial splendour and a conceptual twist at The National Ballet of Canada.

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A slippy Nutcracker

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The National Ballet of Canada performs their holiday classic The Nutcracker by James Kudelka. Between crashes, falls and one seriously injury, there are some enchanting elements and noteworthy performances.

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Avec trois premières françaises de chorégraphes canadiens, le Ballet a marqué son territoire dans une soirée qui est allée crescendo, jusqu'à l'époustouflant Angels' Atlas de Crystal Pite.

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30 years on, Bourne’s Swan Lake still shines in Amsterdam

Mark Vicente, 30th October

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Naomi Mori

Naomi is a blogger living in Tokyo and travels frequently to see ballet. She is a law graduate of Waseda University and a former film publicist, film critic and IT business researcher/strategist. She blogs at La Dolce Vita in Japanese. She tweets about ballet as @naomip_86. and takes ballet class regularly