An evening with Scottish Ballet at the Edinburgh Festival

By Graham Watts, 11 August 2020

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Reviewed at Unknown Venue, Unknown on 8 August 2020

Catalyst (Nicholas Shoesmith)

Oxymore (Sophie Laplane)

Prometheus & Epimetheus (Alexander Whitley)

Trace (Helen Pickett)

Frontiers (Myles Thatcher)

Idle Eyes (Sophie Laplane)

Scottish Ballet

Claire Souet, Dancer

Rimbaud Patron, Dancer

Aarón Venegas, Dancer

Anna Williams, Dancer

Bruno Micchiardi, Dancer

Jerome Anthony Barnes, Dancer

Rishan Benjamin, Dancer

Barnaby Rook Bishop, Dancer

Grace Horler, Dancer

Grace Paulley, Dancer

Thomas Edwards, Dancer

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Ballet Nights is getting better and better. This was a truly diverse programme with something for everyone.

****1

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“Ballet Nights: New Voices” proves a hit in an unlikely venue in Ministry of Sound. Watch this space!

****1

Balletic alchemy in Scottish Ballet's The Crucible

Graham Watts, 14th June

Helen Pickett's slick and revealing adaptation of Arthur Miller's play receives its London premiere at Sadler's Wells.

***11

“Starstruck” Scottish Ballet brings back Gene Kelly ballet back

Graham Watts, 24th September

Gene Kelly's only ballet has been revived by Christopher Hampson, with an excellent twist.

****1

Icy worlds collide in Scottish Ballet's euphoric Secret Theatre

Graham Watts, 21st December

Jess and Morgs continue to break the mould of tired dance films by directing their first full-length feature, which offers much more than just a different way of presenting dance.

*****

Scottish Ballet's The Snow Queen leaves Edinburgh feeling festive

Kirsty Morgan, 12th December

Scottish Ballet’s The Snow Queen at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre retells the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale while maintaining the wintry wonder that makes the story so beloved.

****1

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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.

An evening with Scottish Ballet at the Edinburgh International Festival