Marianela Nuñez’s Giselle debut at the Paris Opera Ballet: a postscript
Joy Wang and Jenny Tang discuss Marianela Nuñez’ Paris Giselle, mulling over some of the things that surprised them and continue to haunt them
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Marianela Nuñez debuts with the Paris Opera Ballet in Giselle
There are shows, and there are events… Royal Ballet principal Marianela Nuñez’ debut with the Paris Opera Ballet was an event with a capital ‘E’
Paris Opera Ballet: Don Quixote
Ines McIntosh carried the performance… She never faltered, blending French elegance with something rarer on the Parisian stage: fire
Paris Opera Ballet: La Fille mal gardée
Hortense Millet-Maurin, a tiny spitfire of a dancer who has a deft touch with comedy and big eloquent eyes, was a witty Lise.
English National Ballet’s Cinderella-in-the-round
Love of the pure, optimistic kind does matter in Christopher Wheeldon’s production. There is, in fact, not just one love story, but two…
A magical evening: English National Ballet’s Swan Lake
Emma Hawes’ Odette is the stuff from which dreams are spun: a wonderful combination of imposing lines and tender vulnerability.
Two cities, three Mayerlings
Mayerling in London and Paris. “Muntagirov is a rare Rudolph, one whose decline is as agonizingly real as it is exquisitely danced.”
Singapore Dance Theatre returns with Masterpiece in Motion
Poignant reminders of dance’s ability to create universes with earthly moorings but lined with stardust
Witty, candid, sobering: Georgina Pazcoguin’s Swan Dive
Pazcoguin writes with eviscerating directness and a fiendish sense of humour that perhaps offers a certain distance from the darkness of her material