A disapointing Sorolla

By Cristina de Lucas, 14 November 2017

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Reviewed at Teatro Real: Sala Principal, Madrid on 12 November 2017

Sorolla (Arantxa Carmona, Miguel Fuente, Manuel Liñán, Antonio Najarro)

Ballet Nacional de España

Manuel Coves, Conductor

Franco Dragone, Director

Vincent Lemaire, Set Designer

Nicolás Vaudelet, Costume Designer

Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

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Kurt Gottschalk, 15th October

Deborah Colker directs an ambitious show, which works incredibly well with storytelling as emotive as it is narrative, confronting death and loss in sharp, weary pains.

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Antonio Ruz’s Electra a sophisticated and poignant tragedy in Madrid

Cristina de Lucas, 28th December

Ballet Nacional de España restages Antonio Ruz’s Electra for its Christmas season at Madrid’s Teatro Real. The splendid production is greeted with widespread audience acclaim.

****1

Ballet Nacional de España presents a vibrant 40th anniversary gala

Cristina de Lucas, 8th December

Ballet National de España (BNE) celebrates its 40th anniversary with a vibrant gala that brings together old and new landmarks of its repertory. Madrid’s Teatro de la Zarzuela hosts the event.

****1

Una Electra como si de Lorca fuera

Eduardo López-Collazo, 9th December

Con Electra el Ballet Nacional de España vuelve reivindicar su lugar en la escena española. La coreografía de Antonio Ruz y Olga Pericet nos introduce en el mundo trágico que una vez se desarrolló en otros lares, y los bailarines Inmaculada Salomón, Sergio Bernal, Antonio Najarro y Esther Jurado dan vida a los protagonistas de la tremenda historia.

****1

Ballet Nacional de España presents a vibrant 40th anniversary gala

Cristina de Lucas, 8th December

Ballet National de España (BNE) celebrates its 40th anniversary with a vibrant gala that brings together old and new landmarks of its repertory. Madrid’s Teatro de la Zarzuela hosts the event.

****1

Deborah Warner attains her theatrical dream at the Teatro Real

Juan José Freijo, 12th March

Warner once again displays her unquestionable talent onstage and her affinity with Benjamin Britten, although, on this occasion, the musical aspect are not equally satisfactory.

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Cristina de Lucas

After a career in the legal field where she combined her job as an Attorney at Law with collaborative roles in various local and international cultural enterprises, Cristina de Lucas turned to dance research and criticism in 2009, when she moved to London. She obtained her doctorate from the Department of Dance at the University of Roehampton (London). Her fully-funded thesis focused on the confluence between dance and narrative in the repertory of the British choreographer Kenneth MacMillan. Her research has received several awards, such a full Vice-Chancellor scholarship and the 2014 SDHS Graduate Student Travel Grant. She also reviews dance and cinema, contributing regularly to several publications in Spain and UK.

Ballet Nacional de España’s Sorolla: a disapointing collage of Spanish dances