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| Composer | Talbot, Joby |
| Period | Contemporary |
| Year | 2022 |
| Work type | Dance |
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The Royal Ballet’s Like Water for Chocolate is sumptuous but complex
The Royal Ballet’s season opener, Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate, is visually tremendous, very well danced but the many principal and soloist characters are difficult to keep up with.
American Ballet Theatre's Like Water for Chocolate nails the climax
Wheeldon’s choreography eschews the sweep and expanse of classical ballet for gravity-succumbing floor rolls and lots of twirling, swirling and swishy port de bras.
Like Water For Chocolate: frustratingly earthbound
Wheeldon lacks the imagination to take this story beyond that of a well-crafted adaptation of a beloved movie.