Petipa Awards Gala: thrilling theatrics and star turns!

Elisa Ramos and Alejandro Hidalgo in Itzik Galili's El balcón del amor

Sasha De Sola and Bakhtiyar Adamzhan in Don Quixote

Elisa Carrillo Cabrera, Mikhail Kaniskin in Duato's Multiplicity/Forms of Silence and Emptiness

Maia Makhateli, Giorgi Potskhishvili and Bakhtiyar Adamzhan in Le Corsaire

Natalia Makarova receives her Petipa Award from Ted Brandsen

Petipa Awards Gala 2023

Ted Brandsen receives a Petipa Award for Dutch National Ballet from Helgi Tomasson

By Margaret Willis, 26 September 2023

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“It is a charming and elegant gem, filled with old fashioned mannerisms and joyous dancing”

Reviewed at Herbst Theater, San Francisco on 23 September 2023

Mixed Programme (Petipa Awards Gala) (Stanislav Feco, John Cranko, Itzik Galili, Nacho Duato, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Marco Goecke, Edwaard Liang, Manuel Legris, Mauro Bigonzetti, Marius Petipa)

Compañía Nacional de Danza de México

Vasily Medvedev, Director

Stanislav Feco, Artistic Director

Dorothée Gilbert, Dancer

Hugo Marchand, Dancer

Nicoletta Manni, Dancer

Timofej Andrijashenko, Dancer

Elisa Carrillo Cabrera, Dancer

Mikhail Kaniskin, Dancer

Maia Makhateli, Dancer

Giorgi Potskhishvili, Dancer

Bakhtiyar Adamzhan, Dancer

Sasha De Sola, Dancer

Lucía Lacarra, Dancer

Matthew Golding, Dancer

Hot ice: Osipova and Brændsrød sizzle in Cranko’s Onegin

Mark Pullinger, 3rd June

Natalia Osipova, a seasoned Tatiana, is joined by Lukas B Brændsrød, making his debut as Onegin in the summer return of John Cranko's take on Pushkin's classic verse novel.

*****

The Royal Ballet in Onegin: supreme performances across the board

Graham Watts, 22nd January

The welcome revival of a borrowed jewel in The Royal Ballet's treasure chest of story ballets.

*****

Onegin is the Bridgerton of ballet

Ivy Lin, 20th June

Two very promising debuts in the lead roles and good performances in the supporting roles, made this an enjoyable Onegin.

****1

Farewells and bold debuts in National Ballet of Canada's Onegin

Gianmarco Segato, 24th November

National Ballet of Canada's connections to John Cranko's Onegin run deep and this revival featured beloved company farewells and exciting next generation debuts.

****1

Pushkin in Prague: a fine revival of Onegin by Czech National Ballet

Jonathan Gray, 9th February

Powerful performances by the four leading dancers brought dramatic weight to this tremendous revival of John Cranko's Onegin by Czech National Ballet.

****1

Fair Verona comes to Sydney: the AB's heartrending Romeo and Juliet

Chantal Nguyen, 1st December

The Australian Ballet do full justice to Shakespeare's epic tale of star-crossed lovers. Featuring a restaging of John Cranko's famous ballet, the first in almost twenty years, both the ensemble and leads shine in bringing Verona to life.

****1

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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.