John O’Dwyer – Seen and Heard International

BRB bring Sir Peter Wright’s 1984 The Sleeping Beauty back to Islington and it has an intimate grandeur

27/04/2024 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Philip Ellis (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 24.4.2024. (JO’D)

Eilis Small as The Lilac Fairy and Daria Stanciulescu as Fairy Carabosse © Tristram Kenton

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

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

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

The music of La Strada, the visual inventiveness, and Alina Cojocaru hold the audience’s attention

24/02/202427/01/2024 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Natalia Horečná’s La Strada: ACWorkroom Ltd, Sadler’s Wells, London, 25.1.2024. (JO’D)

Alina Cojocaru (Gelsomina), Mick Zeni (Zampanò) with Marc Jubete and David Rodriguez (Angels) © ASH

ENB’s Nutcracker has changed with the times but is no less magical

16/12/2023 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Nutcracker: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Daniel Richardson (guest conductor). London Coliseum, 14.12.2023. (JO’D)

Sangeun Lee (Sugar Plum Fairy) and Gareth Haw (Sugar Plum Prince) © Laurent Liotardo

The autumn season of Jamiel Devernay-Laurence’s Ballet Nights reaches its Grande Finale

27/11/202326/11/2023 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Ballet Nights: Autumn Season 2023: Jamiel Devernay-Laurence (compère), Viktor Erik Emanuel (piano). Lanterns Studio Theatre, London, 24.11.2023. (JO’D)

*Heisei 9*: Constance Devernay-Laurence and Viktor Erik Emanuel (piano) © Deborah Jaffe

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