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Northern Ballet celebrates narrative even within the abstract

Dancers of Northern Ballet in Benjamin Ella's Joie de Vivre
© Sophie Beth Jones
Northern Ballet dancers in Hans van Manen's Adagio Hammerklavier
© Emily Nuttall
Dominique Larose and Joseph Taylor with Northern Ballet in Hans van Manen's Adagio Hammerklavier
© Kyle Baines
Harris Beattie in Tiler Peck's Intimate Pages
© Kyle Baines
Aerys Merrill in Tiler Peck's Intimate Pages
© Emily Nuttall
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“beautifully crafted with an obvious command of intricate and aesthetic choreographic vocabulary”
Reviewed at Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, London on 31 October 2023
Joie de Vivre (Benjamin Ella)
Adagio Hammerklavier (Hans van Manen)
Intimate Pages (Tiler Peck)
Northern Ballet
Federico Bonelli, Director
Dominique Larose, Dancer
Sarah Chun, Dancer
Harris Beattie, Dancer
Jun Ishii, Dancer
Saeka Shirai, Dancer
Jonathan Hanks, Dancer
Amber Lewis, Dancer
Alessandra Bramante, Dancer
Jackson Dwyer, Dancer
Aerys Merrill, Dancer
Heather Lehan, Dancer
Colin Scott, Piano
Ewan Gilford, Piano
Geoffrey Allan, Violin
Joseph Taylor, Dancer
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