Ballets Russes triple bill, Tokyo Komaki Ballet

By Naomi Mori, 26 August 2014

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“Komaki’s spirit will live on with the legacy of those masterpieces. ”

Reviewed at New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Tokyo on 23 August 2014

Petrushka (Michael Keegan-Dolan)

Afternoon of a Faun (Vaslav Nijinsky)

Prince Igor

Tokyo Komaki Ballet

Michael Keegan-Dolan’s Teaċ Daṁsa in Mám: a cracker of a show!

Deborah Weiss, 20th February

Mám transports the viewer into another world, surreal yet identifiable at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury.

*****

Pure genius: How to be a Dancer in Seventy-two Thousand Easy Lessons

Deborah Weiss, 17th September

A most entertaining evening of dance theatre from Michael Keegan-Dolan and Rachel Poirier at Sadler's Wells East.

*****

A strangely unique work: Michael Keegan-Dolan's MÁM

Graham Watts, 5th October

MÁM is a performance that demands attention through an extraordinary chain of surreal events.

***11

Teaċ Daṁsa’s MÁM in Madrid: Michael Keegan-Dolan at his best

Cristina de Lucas, 9th December

An unforgettable evening of contemporary dance with Keegan-Dolan’s Mám in Madrid, with excellent performances from Cormac Begley, s t a r g a z e and Teaċ Daṁsa company.

****1

Faust finds salvation thanks to jump-in soprano

Mark Pullinger, 11th April

A devilishly fun performance of Gounod's take on Goethe, saved when Mandy Fredrich flew in at short notice to take over the role of Marguerite.

****1

Swan Lake Loch na hEala

Christopher Curtis, 26th November

A feast of imagination and excellent performance. This modern Irish take on the classic ballet is funny, profound and moving.

*****

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Naomi Mori

Naomi is a blogger living in Tokyo and travels frequently to see ballet. She is a law graduate of Waseda University and a former film publicist, film critic and IT business researcher/strategist. She blogs at La Dolce Vita in Japanese. She tweets about ballet as @naomip_86. and takes ballet class regularly

The Legacy of the Ballet Russes lives in Tokyo Komaki Ballet