Infectious joy: ENB’s The Forsythe Programme is a winner

Sangeun Lee in William Forsythe's Rearray (London Edition 2025)

English National Ballet dancers in William Forsythe's Herman Schmerman

Ivana Bueno in William Forsythe's Herman Schmerman

Precious Adams and Junor Souza in William Forsythe's Playlist (EP)

English National Ballet in William Forsythe's Playlist (EP)

By Graham Watts, 11 April 2025

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“the tightness of her spins and the serpentine flexibility and elegance of her arms and wrists”

Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 10 April 2025

Herman Schmerman (William Forsythe)

Rearray (London Edition 2025) (World premiere) (William Forsythe)

Playlist (EP) (William Forsythe)

English National Ballet

William Forsythe, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Tanja Rühl, Lighting Designer

Dorothée Merg, Costume Designer

Sangeun Lee, Dancer

Henry Dowden, Dancer

Rentaro Nakaaki, Dancer

Aitor Arrieta, Dancer

Francesco Gabriele Frola, Dancer

Ivana Bueno, Dancer

Alice Bellini, Dancer

Swanice Luong, Dancer

Precious Adams, Dancer

Rhys Antoni Yeomans, Dancer

Junor Souza, Dancer

Gareth Haw, 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.