The Royal Ballet: Meta/Void and Fire

By Graham Watts, 15 November 2016

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Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Clore Studio Upstairs, London on 10 November 2016

Meta (Charlotte Edmonds)

Void and Fire (Robert Binet)

Mica Bradbury, Dancer

Gina Storm-Jensen, Dancer

Meaghan Grace Hinkis, Dancer

Romany Pajdak, Dancer

Reece Clarke, Dancer

Lukas B Brændsrød, Dancer

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.