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Ballet and Dance Reviews

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Eifman’s Anna Karenina Harks Back to Choreography Soviet Style

13/05/201420/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Anna Karenina: Saint Petersburg Eifman Ballet, London Coliseum, London, 19.04.2014 (J.O’D)

Eifman Ballet in 'Anna Karenina'  photo by Hana Kudryashova
Eifman Ballet in ‘Anna Karenina’ photo by Hana Kudryashova

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Dance with Talk Doesn’t Quite Come Off

13/05/201417/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various Composers, If Play Is Play…: HeadSpaceDance, Royal Opera House (Linbury Studio Theatre), London, 16.04.2014 (J.O’D)

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Eifman Offers Halfway House Between Classical Ballet and Moderrn Dance

13/05/201416/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom    Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Massenet (recorded), Rodin: Saint Petersburg Eifman Ballet, London Coliseum, London, 15.4.2014 (J.O’D)

Eifman Ballet in 'RODIN' Lyubov Andreyeva as Camille, Oleg Gayshev as Rodin photo by Souheil Michael Khoury
Eifman Ballet in ‘RODIN’ Lyubov Andreyeva as Camille, Oleg Gayshev as Rodin photo by Souheil Michael Khoury

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Two Stravinsky Ballets Become One in Fabulous Production

13/05/201414/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Stravinsky,  The Rite of Spring & Petrushka: Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre/Sadler’s Wells, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / David Brophy (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 11.04.2014 (J.O’D)

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The Inexhaustible Mind of Paul Taylor

15/04/201412/04/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Paul Taylor, Airs, Banquet of Vultures, Gossamer Gallants: Paul Taylor Dance Company, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 11.4.14-13.4.14 (JRo)

Airs. Photo by Paul B. Goode.[1]-500
Airs. Photo by Paul B. Goode.

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Jean-Christophe Maillot Reinvents Classic Tchaikovsky Ballet

11/03/202310/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky: Lac (after Swan Lake): Dancers of Les Ballets de Monte Carlo. London Coliseum, London, 9.4.2014. (JPr)

Lac by Jean-Christophe Maillot c Laurent Philippe
Lac by Jean-Christophe Maillot (c) Laurent Philippe

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Dramatic, Unsettling Performance from Les Ballets C de la B

13/05/201410/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Bach, Zmijewsky, Maklakievitsh, Vivaldi, Mozart, Alain Platel’s tauberbach:  Les ballets C de la B, Sadler’s Wells, London, 9.4.2014 (J.O’D)

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Vardimon’s<1> Triple Bill Engages with Young and Old

13/05/201409/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various Composers, JV2 2014 – Triple Bill: Jasmin Vardimon Company, The Place, London, 8.4.2014 (J.O’D)

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