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Collective technical prowess: Forsythe’s Playlist tops ENB's Voices of America programme

By Erin Whitcroft, 15 April 2018
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“there is an unfulfilled appetite for such displays of balletic male bravado”
Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 12 April 2018
Programme
Playlist (Track 1, 2) (William Forsythe)
Approximate Sonata (William Forsythe)
The Cage (Jerome Robbins)
Fantastic Beings (Aszure Barton)
Performers
English National Ballet
English National Ballet Philharmonic
Aaron Robinson, Dancer
Alina Cojocaru, Dancer
Jurgita Dronina, Dancer
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Erin Whitcroft
Erin Whitcroft
Erin is a professionally trained ballet dancer having moved from the United States as a teenager to train at The Royal Ballet’s lower and upper schools. Since her performance career ended she has continued to research the history of dance and has post-graduate qualifications in both English and Education. Erin regularly presents papers at academic conferences and is a freelance critic specialising in dance, books and art.