Royal Ballet: Scarlett's Symphonic Dances

By Sanjoy Roy, 21 May 2017

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“If the first half was all surface bravura, the second moved into more suggestive emotional territory”

Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 18 May 2017

The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (William Forsythe)

Tarantella (George Balanchine)

Strapless (Christopher Wheeldon)

Symphonic Dances (Liam Scarlett)

The Royal Ballet

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Zenaida Yanovsky, Dancer

Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Dancer

Akane Takada, Dancer

Marianela Núñez, Dancer

Vadim Muntagirov, Dancer

Steven McRae, Dancer

Marcelino Sambé, Dancer

Francesca Hayward, Dancer

Natalia Osipova, Dancer

Federico Bonelli, Dancer

Edward Watson, Dancer

Matthew Ball, Dancer

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Amanda Jennings, 12th March

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****1

Stylish and stirring: Turn It Out With Tiler Peck & Friends

Carla Escoda, 16th October

Much acclaimed in 2022, a mixed bill curated by Tiler Peck returns to New York City Center with new cast members.

****1

Foreseeable Future is aimless movement to aimless music at NYCB

Ivy Lin, 9th October

Some excellent individual performances but a disappointing program for Contemporary Choreography I with New York City Ballet.

**111

The Australian Ballet in Melbourne: three prismatic worlds

Ruth Ridgway, 4th October

In its triple bill Prism, The Australian Ballet gives the audience three different dance and sound worlds as well as showcasing fleet, athletic and precise dancing.

****1

ENB: R:Evolution showcases tenacity, legacy and talent

Deborah Weiss, 1st October

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****1

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Sanjoy Roy

Sanjoy Roy has written on dance for the Guardian since 2002. He is the London correspondent for Dance International magazine, and has contributed to many other publications including the New Statesman, Dance Gazette and Dancing Times. He has given writing workshops for Dance Umbrella and The Place Theatre (London), and for the pan-European Aerowaves Spring Forward festival. He has been a jury member for several choreography competitions – The Place Prize (London), ECDA (Chennai), Premio Equilibrio (Rome) – and was formerly the editor and designer at Dance Books Ltd. He keeps an online archive of his work at sanjoyroy.net.

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