Ballet and Dance Reviews – Page 5 – Seen and Heard International

In Paris: Nureyev’s Don Quixote is a true celebration of dance without the slightest false step

04/04/202404/04/2024 by Jim Pritchard

France Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote: Paris Opera Ballet, Orchestra of the Paris National Opera / Gavriel Heine (conductor). Transmitted live (directed by François Roussillon) from the Opéra Bastille, Paris, 2.4.2024. (JPr)

Paul Marque (Basilio) and Sae Eun Park (Kitri)

Interesting as all the performances are, Mark Bruce cannot make Frankenstein a coherent whole

29/03/2024 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Mark Bruce Company’s Frankenstein: The Place, London, 26.3.2024. (JO’D)

Jonathan Godard (The Monster) and Eleanor Duval (Prometheus) © Mark Bruce

Ballet Icons Gala 2024 at the London Coliseum was another intriguing blend of the classics and new work

21/03/202420/03/2024 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Ballet Icons Gala 2024: Soloists, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). London Coliseum, 17.3.2024. (JPr)

Francesca Hayward and Herman Cornejo in *Like Water for Chocolate* © Jack Devant

La Fille mal gardée fills Paris’s Palais Garnier with an unparalleled sense of happiness

18/03/2024 by John O'Dwyer

France France La Fille mal gardée: Paris Opera Ballet, Orchestra of the Paris National Opera / Philip Ellis (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris. 15.3.2024. (JO’D)

[far right] Léonore Baulac (Lise) and Simon Valastro (Widow Simone) in *La Fille mal gardée* © Benoite Fanton

Strength, precision and speed from NYCB, notably in Balanchine’s Duo Concertant

11/03/2024 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom New York City Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, London, 7.3.2024. (JO’D)

Megan Fairchild and Anthony Huxley in George Balanchine’s *Duo Concertant* © Paul Kolnik

Do Giovanni and friends Entertain You? Oh yes, they do!

24/06/202428/02/2024 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Giovanni – Let Me Entertain You: Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 26.2.2024. (JPr)

*Giovanni – Let Me Entertain You* © Lisa Hornal and Tania Richards

Jamiel Devernay-Laurence brings a further wide range of dance styles to his Canary Wharf Ballet Nights

26/02/202426/02/2024 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Ballet Nights: Jamiel Devernay-Laurence (compère). Lanterns Dance Studio, London, 23.2.2024. (JO’D)

Yasmine Naghdi and Reece Clarke in *Romeo and Juliet* pas de deux © Deborah Jaffe

Ahead of a sad second anniversary of the war: Ivan Putrov’s ballet gala in aid of the arts in Ukraine

20/02/2024 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Ivan Putrov’s Dance for Ukraine: London Palladium, 18.2.2024. (JO’D)

William Bracewell in Preliwd ( © Andrej Uspensky

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