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Norwegian National Ballet's Dialogues II: brief but brilliant

Anaïs Touret and Douwe Dekkers in Samantha Lynch's Couch
© Erik Berg
Claudio Cangialosi and Aishwarya Raut in Akram Khan's Mud of Sorrow
© Erik Berg
Juan Gil and Johnny McMillan in Sharon Eyal's Inspired by Into the Hairy
© Erik Berg
Clotilde Tran and Johnny McMillan in Mats Ek's A Sort Of...
© Erik Berg
Ana Laguna and Yvan Auzely in Mats Ek's A Cup of Coffee
© Erik Berg
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“in another laugh-out-loud moment, she poured the coffee into his mouth and stirred it with a spoon”
Reviewed at Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo on 3 April 2025
A Sort of... (Mats Ek)
Mud of Sorrow (Akram Khan)
Inspired by Into the Hairy (Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar)
Couch (Samantha Lynch)
A Cup of Coffee (Mats Ek)
Norwegian National Ballet
Clotilde Tran-Phat, Dancer
Johnny McMillan, Dancer
Philipe Lens, Dancer
Nicha Rodboon, Dancer
Anaïs Touret, Dancer
Douwe Dekkers, Dancer
Mats Ek's She was black + A Sort Of ...: thrillingly captivating
*****
Royal Swedish Ballet's Julia and Romeo: surreal and modern
***11
Ek and Ekman's subversive double bill is enjoyable madness
***11
A new Mats Ek Rite of Spring a leaving gift for ENB's Tamara Rojo
****1
Zucchetti premiere and Beauty top and tail the RB's mixed programme
****1
Juliet and Romeo succeeds in Washington
****1
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