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Shanghai Ballet brings “The Greatest Swan Lake in the World" to Amsterdam

By Isabella Zijp, 29 December 2015
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Reviewed at RAI Theater, Amsterdam on 23 December 2015
Programme
Swan Lake (Derek Deane)
Performers
Shanghai Ballet
Wu Husheng, Dancer
Lauren Cuthbertson, Dancer
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Isabella Zijp
Isabella Zijp
Isabella Zijp is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Bachtrack and other dance platforms. She shares her passion for ballet through writing, giving guided tours and conducting short presentations. In daily life she works as an editor and online marketeer while also writing about her other passion: travelling.