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Arresting choreography: Aszure Barton restages Come In for Ballett am Rhein

By Graham Watts, 23 June 2021
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“the dual impact of choreography and music created momentary illusions of timelessness”
Reviewed at Opernhaus, Düsseldorf on 18 June 2021
Programme
Come In (Aszure Barton)
Inquieto (Henrique Rodovalho)
Performers
Ballett am Rhein
São Paulo Companhia de Dança
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Graham Watts
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.