San Francisco Ballet's Program 7

By Terez Rose, 02 May 2014

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Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 29 April 2014

The Fifth Season

Suite en Blanc (Serge Lifar)

Hummingbird (World Premiere)

San Francisco Ballet

National Ballet of Canada runs the gamut from sci-fi to suspendu

Gianmarco Segato, 21st March

National Ballet of Canada adds three new works to its repertoire with cutting-edge pieces by William Yong and Emma Portner as well as Serge Lifar's early 20th-century paean to classicism.

****1

Opéra de Paris pays vibrant tribute to Patrick Dupond

Laurine Mortha, 23rd February

Two years after the death of Patrick Dupond, the Paris Opera Ballet paid tribute to him in a sumptuous gala evening, with the procession of the Ballet’s stars and the the performance of three of Dupond’s most emblematic works.

*****

A showcase for Ukrainian ballet at Sadler's Wells

Graham Watts, 7th September

Ivan Putrov, who has enjoyed a long career based in London, brings dancers from his homeland for a special London gala.

***11

Ivan Putrov's Against the Stream gala unearths some gems

Graham Watts, 7th April

A well-curated gala with gravitas; showcasing several works and dancers rarely, if ever, seen in London.

****1

Australian Ballet's Imperial Suite

Pia Savoie, 2nd May

Pia Savoie reviews the Australian Ballet in Imperial Suite at the Sydney Opera House, combining the two classics Ballet Imperial by Balanchine and Lifar's Suite en Blanc.

****1

Ballet in a Splendid Setting: English National Ballet at St Paul's Cathedral

Hanna Weibye, 3rd July

To sit directly under the splendid chiaroscuro dome of St Paul's Cathedral, with angels, apostles and Christ himself glittering down from mosaiced arches, is to be in the middle of astonishing beauty.

***11

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Terez Rose

Terez Rose is a writer and former dancer whose work has appeared in numerous journals, anthologies and online publications. She is the author (as Terez Mertes Rose) of the Ballet Theatre Chronicles (Off Balance, Outside the Limelight, Ballet Orphans, Other Stages) and A Dancer’s Guide to Africa. Visit her at The Classical Girl where she blogs about classical music and the performing arts.

San Francisco Ballet's world premiere of Liam Scarlett's Hummingbird