Polish National Ballet: Ready for Primetime

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 18 June 2015

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“Liashenko... is the kind of dancer who thrills the audience”

Reviewed at Joyce Theater, New York City on 16 June 2015

Adagio & Scherzo (Krzysztof Pastor)

Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)

Moving Rooms (Krzysztof Pastor)

Polish National Ballet

Aleksandra Liashenko, Dancer

Maria Zhuk, Dancer

Robin Kent, Dancer

Yuka Ebihara, Dancer

Vladimir Yaroshenko, Dancer

Carlos Martín Perez, Dancer

Aneta Zbrzezniak, Dancer

Paweł Koncewoj, Dancer

Polish National Ballet’s Prometheus: dance on a monumental scale

Maggie Foyer, 18th June

In Prometheus, Krzysztof Pastor has created an epic full-length ballet for his company which serves to show-off a roster of powerful principal roles as well as a fine ensemble.

****1

Polish National Ballet in Fredriana: a rollicking double bill

Graham Watts, 15th June

Two very popular comedy ballets to celebrate the music of Stanisław Moniuszko.

***11

Polish National Ballet: Anna Hop's Pinokio is a great achievement

Graham Watts, 21st April

Polish National Ballet has a successful new family ballet in Anna Hop's full-length Pinokio.

****1

Finnish National Ballet's Dracula makes riveting viewing

Maggie Foyer, 1st March

Krzysztof Pastor's Dracula offers much in both dance and drama, as well as providing a visual feast.

****1

Beyond Vibrations: Czech National Ballet is electrifying

Deborah Weiss, 5th October

In a fascinating and challenging triple bill, Czech National Ballet deliver first rate performances.

*****

A radical take on Romeo and Juliet at Polish National Ballet

Jenifer Sarver, 16th April

Prokofiev's score is reordered, the choreography is contemporary, characters are missing, and each of the three main scenes is set during a different 20th-century time period... yet, to a certain extent, it works.

***11

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Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Andrew is currently a professional chef in New York City but he began life as a ballet dancer with the Hartford and Ohio Ballet companies. His writing also appears on the Huffington Post Blog and BroadwayWorld.com. His latest work, nominated for a James Beard Award, is “Return to the Rivers”, a Himalayan cookbook.