Galleries

Paris Opera 
The Rite of Spring
(Le Sacre du printemps) 

ch: Pina Bausch
mus: Igor Stravinsky 

Générale, Palais Garnier, 23 October 2017 

Cast:
Eleonora Abbagnato Léonore Baulac, Alice Renavand, Valentine Colasante, Caroline Bance, Laurence Laffron, Caroline Robert, Séverine Westermann, Émilie Hasboun, Katherine Higgins, Victoire Anqueti, Peggy Dursort, Miho Fujii, Awa Joannas, Heloise Jocqueviel, Lucie Matei, Ninon Raux Karl Paquette, Alessio Carbone, Sébastien Bertrand, Nicolas Paul, Alexis Renaud, Matthieu Botto, Mathieu Contat, Julien Cozette, Florent Melac, Francesco Mura, Cyril Chokroun, Giorgio Fourès, Isaac Lopes-Gomes, Axel Magliano, Samuel Murez, Pierre Rétif, Francesco Vantaggio, Loup Marcault-Derouard. 

Review: Dance Europe no. 223, December 2017

The Nutcracker 

ch: Peter Wright, Lev Ivanov, Vincent Redmon 

General rehearsal: 24 November 2017 

Birmingham Hippodrome 

REVIEW: Dance Europe no. 224, January 2018

2018 Paris Semi-Finals

Mariinsky Ballet

Anna Karenina

ch: Alexei Ratmansky

ROH, London

2017_08_03

Photocall

Diana Vishneva

Konstantin Zverev

Review: Dance Europe no. 221, October 2017

Hamburg Ballet

Anna Karenina

ch: John Neumeier

Hamburg Opera House

2017_06_30

General rehearsal

World premiere: 

2 July 2017

Hamburg Opera House

Music:
Peter I. Tchaikovsky, Alfred Schnittke, Cat Stevens/ Yusuf Islam

Choreography, Set, Lighting Concept and Costumes:
John Neumeier

Anna Karenina is dressed by
AKRIS – Albert Kriemler

Assistant for the set:
Heinrich Tröger

Video and Graphic:
Kiran West

Anna Karenina: Anna Laudere

Count Vronsky: Edvin Revazov

Levin: Aleix Martínez

Kitty: Emilie Mazon

Alexei Karenin: Ivan Urban,

Seryozha: Marià Huguet,

A Peasant: Karen Azatyan

Dolly: Patricia Friza

Stiva: Dario Franconi

Lydia Iwanowa: Mayo Arii

Princess Sorokina: Greta Jörgens

A Cooperation with the Bolshoi Theatre and the National Ballet of Canada.

Supported by Else Schnabel and the Foundation for the Patronage of the Hamburg State Opera

3 hours 15 minutes 

1 intermission

Review: Dance Europe no. 220, Aug/Sep 2017

The Royal Ballet

Symphonic Dances

Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude

Tarantella

2017

The Royal Ballet

Marguerite and Armand

ch: Ashton

ROH, London

2017_06_01

General rehearsal

Zenaida Yanowsky

Roberto Bolle (guest artist)

Review: Dance Europe no. 219,
July 2017

Paris Opera

La Sylphide

ch: Pierre Lacotte after Philippe Taglioni

Palais Garnier, Paris

2017_06_29

General rehearsal

Amandine Albisson

Hugo Marchand

Hannah O’Neill

Alexis Renaud

Marion Barbeau

Emmanuel Thibault

Review: Dance Europe no. 220, 

Aug/Sep 2017

The Royal Ballet

La Fille mal gardée

ch: Frederick Ashton

ROH, London

2016_09_27

General rehearsal

Yuhui Choe

Valentino Zucchetti

Jonathan Howells

Tristan Dyer

Marcellino Sambé

Review: Dance Europe no. 211, 
November 2016

Ensemble Productions

Russian Icons Gala

London Coliseum

2017_03_12

Liudmila Konovalova and Vadim Muntagirov in Black Swan pas de deux

Maria Alexandrovna and Vladislav Lantratov in The Firebird

Steven McRae in Balanchine's Rubies

Lucia Lacarra and Marlon Dino in Arpino's Light Rain

Vladimir Shklyarov in Fokine's Petrushka

Liisa Hämäläinen and Alexis Oliveira in Maillot's Lac

Yulia Makhalina and Xander Parish in Fokine's Spectre de la Rose

Evgenia Obraztsova in The Sleeping Beauty

Vaganova Academy in Nikolay Tsiskaridze's revision of Legat's The Fairy Doll

Zenaida Yanowsky and Edward Watson in Javier de Frutos' Les Enfants Terribles

Svetlana Lunkina and Dmitry Gudanov in Robbins' Afternoon of a Faun

Maria Kochetkova and Tyler Angle in Balanchine's Diamonds

Davide Dato and Ludmilla Konovalova in Xenia Wiest's Theatrum Vitae

Kristina Kretova and Ivan Vasiliev in Fokine's Schéhérazade

Iana Salenko in Fokine's The Dying Swan

Tamara Rojo and Isaac Hernandez in Don Quixote pas de deux

Review: Dance Europe no. 216, 

April 2017

Youth America Grand Prix

New York Final Round

David Koch Theater, NY

2017_04_12

Performance

Review: Dance Europe no. 218,
June 2017

Estonian National Ballet

Onegin


2015

Dutch National Ballet

Onegin

ch: John Cranko

National Opera and Ballet

Amsterdam

2017_03_28

General rehearsals (two casts)

Anna Tsygankova 

Jozef Varga

Qian Liu 

Remi Wörtmeyer

Sébastien Galtier

Anna Ol 

Artur Shesterikov 

Jessica Xuan 

Edo Wijnen

Review: Dance Europe no. 217,
May 2017

English National Ballet

Swan Lake
in the round

ch: Derek Deane

2016

English National Ballet

Le Jeune Homme et la Mort

2013

Mariinsky Ballet

Swan Lake

Odette/Odile Yulia Stepanova* 
Prince Siegfried Xander Parish*

* Debut in role

Bounce Streetdance

Swan Lake Reloaded

2013

Dutch National Ballet

Swan Lake

2014

The Australian Ballet

Swan Lake

2016

Scottish Ballet

Swan Lake

2016

English National Ballet

Swan Lake

ch: Derek Deane

2012

The Royal Ballet
Sylvia

2017

Youth America Grand Prix

Paris - Senior Finalists

2018

Mariinsky Ballet

Swan Lake

ch: Marius Petipa/Lev Ivanov

pr: Konstantin Sergeyev

ROH, London

2017_07_24

Photocall

Viktoria Tereshkina and Xander Parish

Review: Dance Europe no. 221, 
October 2017

Paris Opera
Onegin

ch: John Cranko

2018

The Royal Ballet
The Winter's Tale

2018

The Royal Ballet
Giselle

ch: Peter Wright
Yasmine Naghdi and Matthew Ball

2018

Birmingham Royal Ballet

English National Ballet

Northern Ballet

The Royal Ballet

Scottish Ballet

MacMillan Celebration

2017

The Royal Ballet
The Nutcracker

2017

Birmingham Royal Ballet

The Sleeping Beauty

2018

New Adventures

Swan Lake

ch: Matthew Bourne

2016

Ensemble Productions

Russian Icons Gala

2018

Yugen

World premiere:

15 March 2018, 

The Royal Ballet,

ROH, London

Choreography: Wayne McGregor

CAST: Sarah Lamb, Federico Bonelli, Francesca Hayward, William Bracewell, Chisato Katsura, Harry Churches, Melissa Hamilton, Paul Kay, Akane Takada, Calvin Richardson, Joseph Sissens

The Age of Anxiety 

Choreography: Liam Scarlett

CAST: Sarah Lamb, Alexander Campbell, Bennet Gartside, Tristan Dyer, Leticia Stock, Kevin Emerton, David Yudes

Corybantic Games 

World premiere:

15 March 2018, 

The Royal Ballet,

ROH, London

Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon 

CAST: Lauren Cuthbertson, Ryoichi Hirano, Yasmine Naghdi, Matthew Ball, Beatriz Stix-Brunell, William Bracewell, Mayara Magri, Marcelino  Sambé, Tierney Heap

REVIEW

Dance Europe, No. 226, April 2018

Ivan Putrov
Men in Motion

London Coliseum

2017

Gartnerplatz Theater Ballett
The Nutcracker

2017

Bayerisches Staatsballett
Don Quijote

2018

Cinderella

World premiere: 14 September 2017

Mikhailovsky Ballet, Mikhailovsky Theatre, St Petersburg

Choreography: Mikhail Messerer after Rostislav Sakharov

Music: Sergey Prokofiev

Set and costume design: Pyotr Williams

Stage Designer of the revival: Vyacheslav Okunev

Musical Director: Mikhail Tatarnikov 

Multimedia director, author of lighting design: Gleb Filshtinsky 

Video content: Show Consulting studio, St Petersburg 

Realisation of lighting design: Alexander Kibitkin

CAST

Cinderella Anastasia Soboleva 

Prince Victor Lebedev 

Stepmother Ksenia Rusina 

Cinderella’s Stepsisters Ekaterina Odarenko, Ekaterina Belovodskaya 

Fairy Ekaterina Borchenko 

Dance Master  Andrey Yakhnyuk 

Spring Fairy Sabina Yapparova 

Summer Fairy Andrea Laššáková

Autumn Fairy Irina Zhalovskaya 

Winter Fairy Alicia Reid

Grasshopper Nikita Nazarov 

Jester Roman Volkov 

Foreign Princes Sergey Strelkov, Adrian Mitchell, Anton Ploom 

Dance of the Three Oranges  Veronika Ignatyeva, Sabina Yapparova,Anna Kuligina 

Mazurka Alla Matveyeva, Vladimir Tsal 

Oriental Dance Svetlana Bednenko 

Spanish Dance  Kristina Makhviladze, Alexander Omar 

Page Ulyana Ivanova

REVIEW

Dance Europe, No. 222, November 2017

Casanova

World premiere: 

11 March 2017

Northern Ballet

Leeds Grand Theatre

Choreography: Kenneth Tindall

Original scenario: Ian Kelly and Kenneth Tindall, adapted from Ian Kelly’s biography of Casanova

Music: Kerry Muzzey

Set and costume design: Christopher Oram

Lighting design:  Alastair West

Wig and make-up design: Richard Mawbey

Casanova Giuliano Contadini

Cardinal de Bernis Sean Bates

Father Balbi Jeremy Curnier

Seminarians & Servants of the Inquisition Kevin Poeung, Nicola Gervasi, Matthew Koon, Matthew Topliss, Luke Francis, Riku Ito

The Three Inquisitors Joseph Taylor, Mlindi Kulashe, Lorenzo Trossello

M.M. Ailen Ramos Betancourt

Nuns Antoinette Brooks-Daw, Minju Kang

Manon Balletti Ayami Miyata

Musicians Kevin Poeung, Matthew Koon, Riku Ito

Senator Bragadin Javier Torres

Bellino Dreda Blow

Castrati Jeremy Curnier, Filippo DiVilio, Luke Francis

Henriette Hannah Bateman

Henriette’s Husband Jesse Milligan

Madame de Pompadour Victoria Sibson

Voltaire Sean Bates

Clairmont Gavin McGaig

Guests at the Masquerade Ball Hannah Bateman, Dreda Blow, Antoinette Brooks-Daw, Rachael Gillespie, Abigail Prudames, Sarah Chun, Abigail Cockrell, Minju Kang, Nicola Gervasi, Joseph Taylor, Mlindi Kulashe, Matthew Topliss, Luke Francis, Lorenzo Trossello

Courtesans and Gamblers Ailen Ramos Betancourt, Rachael Gillespie, Abigail Prudames, Sarah Chun, Abigail Cockrell, Minju Kang, Joseph Taylor, Kevin Poeung, Matthew Koon, Riku Ito, Nicola Gervasi, Matthew Topliss.

Photo gallery also features alternative casts

REVIEW

Dance Europe, No.216, April 2017

Don Quixote
Bolshoi Ballet

2016

Flames of Paris
Bolshoi Ballet

2016

Le Corsaire
Bolshoi Ballet

2016

The Taming of the Shrew
Bolshoi Ballet

2016

The Royal Ballet
Manon

Choreographer: Kenneth MacMillan

Featured dancers:
Manon Francesca Hayward
Des Grieux Federico Bonelli
Lescaut Alexander Campbell
Monsieur G.M. Christopher Saunders
The Gaoler Gary Avis
Three Dancing Gentlemen William Bracewell, Matthew Ball, Marcelino Sambé

Générale 27 March 2018
Royal Opera House, London

REVIEW: DANCE EUROPE no. 228, May 2018

World premiere: 7 March 1974

Paris Opera
La Fille mal gardée
ch: Frederick Ashton

Générale Palais Garnier

Youth America Grand Prix

New York Finals 2018

Junior Finalists

David Koch Theater, NY

2018_04_18

Performance

Review in Dance Europe no. 229

June 2018

Youth America Grand Prix

New York Finals 2018

Senior Finalists

David Koch Theater, NY

2018_04_18

Performance

Review will be published in Dance Europe no. 229

June 2018

Paris Opera

Quatuor No. 4
ch: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
mu: Béla Bartók

Dancers:
Aurélia Bellet, Claire Gandolfo, Camille de Bellefon, Miho Fujii

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Die Grosse Fuge
ch: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
mu: Ludwig van Beethoven

Dancers:
Alice Renavand
Antonio Conforti, Paul Marque, Nicolas Paul, Matthieu Botto, Alexandre Carniato, Takeru Coste, Andrea Sarri

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Transfigured Night  (Verklärte Nacht)
ch: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
mu: Arnold Schönberg

Dancers:
Léonore Baulac, Alice Renavand, Alice Catonnet, Lydie Vareilhes, Séverine Westermann, Émilie Hasbourn, Katherine Higgins, Awa Joannais
Arthus Raveau, Nicolas Paul, Matthieu Botto, Alexandre Carniato, Antonio Conforti, Jack Gasztowtt

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Générale, Palais Garnier, Paris, 26 April 2018

The Royal Ballet
Marguerite and Armand

Choreographer: Frederick Ashton

Featured dancers:
Marguerite Lauren Cuthbertson*
Armand Matthew Ball*
Father Gary Avis

Générale 13 April 2018
Royal Opera House, London

*Debut in role 

REVIEW: DANCE EUROPE no. 229 June 2018

Swan Lake

World premiere - 17 May 2018
Royal Opera House, London

The Royal Ballet

Choreography

Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov

Additional choreography: 

Liam Scarlett and Frederick Ashton

Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky 

Production: Liam Scarlett

Designer: John Macfarlane

Lighting design: David Finn

Odette/Odile Marianela Nuñez

Prince Siegfried Vadim Muntagirov

Queen Elizabeth McGorian

Von Rothbart Bennet Gartside

Siegfried's Sisters Akane Takada, Francesca Hayward

Benno Alexander Campbell

Act I

Fumi Kaneko, Olivia Cowley, Mayara Magri, Meaghan Grace Hinkis

Matthew Ball, Valentino Zucchetti, James Hay, Marcelino Sambé

Act II & IV

Four Cygnets 

Meaghan Grace Hinkis, Leticia Stock, Elizabeth Harrod, Romany Pajdak

Two Swans 

Mayara Magri, Claire Calvert

Act III

Italian Princess Yuhui Choe

Hungarian Princess Melissa Hamilton

Spanish Princess Itziar Mendizabal

Polish Princess Beatriz Stix-Brunell

Spanish

Tierney Heap, Benjamin Ella, 

Nicol Edmonds, Reece Clarke, Fernando Montaño

Czardas

Olivia Cowley, Tristan Dyer

Neopolitan

Meaghan Grace Hinkis, 

Marcelino Sambé

Mazurka

Nathalie Harrison, 

William Bracewell

Conductor

Koen Kessels

Act I 33 minutes

Act II 30 Minutes

Act III 41 minutes

Act IV 22 minutes

Life is a Dream
RAMBERT
World premiere: 22 May 2018
Sadler's Wells, London

Choreography: Kim Brandstrup
Design: Quay Brothers
Music: Witold Lutoslawski
Lighting: Jean Kalman
Costumes: Holly Waddington
Dramaturg: Willem Bruls
Based on the play bu Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Dancers:
Luke Ahmet, Miguel Altunaga, Jacob Wye, Pierre Tappon, Simon Damber-Waltz, Daniel Davidson, Brenda Lee Grech, Liam Francis, Juan Gil, Edit Domoszlai, Hannah Rudd, Adél Bàlint, Sharia Johnson, Hoshia Barwick, Stephen Quildan

The Male Dancer
World premiere: 18 May 2018
Paris Opera
Palais Garnier, Paris

Choreography: Iván Pérez
Music: Arvo Pärt
Costumes: Alejandro Gómez Palomo
Sets and Lighting: Tanju Ruhl
Dramaturgy: Jenny Mahla
Choreographer's assistants: Célia Amade, Christopher Tandy

Dancers
Stéphane Bullion, Hugo Marchand, François Alu, Vincent Chaillet, Aurélien Houette, Pablo Legasa, Marc Moreau, Jérémy-Loup Quer, Simon Le Borgne, Samuel Murez

Duration: 50 minutes

Review: Dance Europe, no. 230, July 2018

Photographed at the générale 17 May 2018

Birmingham Royal Ballet

Romeo and Juliet
ch: Kenneth MacMillan

Juliet: Nao Sakura
Romeo: Yasuo Atsuji (debut)
Mercutio: Lachlan Monaghan
Tybalt: Valentin Olovyannikov
Benvolio: Edivaldo Souza da Silva
Paris: Gabriel Anderson

Birmingham Royal Ballet

Polarity & Proximity

Embrace - world premiere
choreography: George Williamson
music: Sarah Kirkland Snider
designs: Madeleine Girling
lighting: Peter Teigen
dramaturg: Lou Cope
assistant to the choreographer: Nicky Henshall

He: Brandon Lawrence
She: Delia Mathews
Him Max Maslen
Self One: Lachlan Monaghan
Self Two: Haloing Feng
Self Three: Aitor Galende

Premiered on 15 June 2018, Sadler's Wells, London
Photos from the general rehearsal
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Kin.
choreography: Alexander Whitley

Jenna Roberts
Joseph Caley (guesting from ENB)

Reina Fuchigami, Yvette Knight, Beatrice P{arma, Alys Shee, Tzu-Chao Chou, Brandon Lawrence, Max Maslen, Lachlan Monaghan

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In the Upper Room
choreography: Twyla Tharp

Semperoper Ballett, Dresden
All Forsythe
Sadler's Wells

In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated
Choreography: William Forsythe
Alice Mariani, Svetlana Gileva, Kanako Fujimoto, Netsuke Yamada, Aian Gibson, Chantelle Kerr, Thomas Bieszka, Denis Veginy, Houston Thomas

Neue Suite
Choreography: William Forsythe
Duosi Zhu, Gareth Haw
Chantelle Kerr, Julian Amir Lacey
Alice Mariani, Thomas Bieszka
Kana Fujimoto, Michael Tucker
Jenny Laudadio, Jón Vallejo
Aidan Gibson, Casey Ouzounis
Sangeun Lee, Christian Bauch
Zarina Stahnke, Houston Thomas

Enemy in the Figure
Choreography: William Forsythe
Svetlana Gileva, Chantelle Kerr, Jenny Laudadio, Sangeun Lee, Zarina Stahnke, Duosi Zhu, Christian Bauch, Julian Amir Lacey, Skyler Maxey-Wert, Michael Tucker, Jón Vallejo

Photos from the dress rehearsal 20 June 2018

Paris Opera

La Fille mal gardée
Choreographer: Frederick Ashton

Nederlands Dans Theater I

Stop Motion
Choreography: Sol León/Paul Lightfoot

English National Ballet

Lest We Forget:
Dust ch: Akram Khan
No Man's Land ch: Liam Scarlett
Second Breath ch: Russell Maliphant

Birmingham Royal Ballet
La Fille mal gardée
Choreography Frederick Ashton
Music Ferdinand Hérold freely adapted and arranged by John Lanchbery
Scenario Jean Dauberval
Designs Osbert Lancaster
Lighting Peter Teigen

Widow Simone, a rich farmer Michael O’Hare
Lise, her daughter Momoko Hirata
Colas, a young farmer in love with Lise Mathias Dingman
Thomas, a prosperous vineyard owner Jonathan Payn
Alain, his son Tzu-Chao Chou
Village Notary Rory Mackay
Notary’s Clerk Gus Payne
Cockerel Gus Payne
Chickens Rosanna Ely, Beatrice Parma, Rachele Pizzillo, Lynsey Sutherland
Lise’s Friends Karla Doorbar, Reina Fuchigami, Jade Heusen, Yvette Knight, Laura Purkiss, Brooke Ray, Yaoqian Shang, Alys Shee
Villagers, Harvesters, Grooms Artists of Birmingham Royal Ballet

THE ROYAL BALLET
The Unknown Soldier

World premiere:
20 November 2018
Royal Opera House, London

Choreography: Alastair Marriott
Music:Dario Marianelli
Set design: Es Devlin
Costume designer: Jonathan Howells
Lighting designer: Bruno Poet
Production designer: Luke Halls

Ted Feltham
Matthew Ball

Florence Billington
Yasmine Naghdi

Telegraph Boy
Leo Dixon

Harry Patch
Tomas Mock

Hannah Grennell, Sae Maeda,Mayara Magri, Romany Pajdak, Luca Acri, Tomas Mock, Calvin Richardson, David Yudes

Grace Blundell, Mica Bradbury, Leticia Dias, Isabella Gasparini, Chisato Katsura, Nadia Mullova-Barley, Lukas Bjørneboe Braendsrød, Harry Churches, David Donnelly, Two Dubreuil, Francisco Serrano, Joseph Sissens

THE ROYAL BALLET

Les Patineurs
Choreography: Frederick Ashton
Music: Giacomo Meyerbeer
Arranged by Constant Lambert
Designer: William Chappell
Lighting designer: John B. Read
Premiered: 16 February 1937 by Vic Wells Ballet

This gallery was photographed at the générale on 17 December 2018 at the Royal Opera House, London

CAST
Blue Boy: Marcelino Sambé
Pas de deux: Fumi Kaneko, William Bracewell
2 Blue Girls: Yuhui Choe, Anna Rose O'Sullivan
2 Red Girls: Mayara Magri, Beatriz Stix-Brunell
4 Brown Girls: Julia Roscoe, Annette Buvoli, Gina Storm-Jensen, Leticia Dias
4 Brown Boys: Two Dubreuil, David Donnelly, Kevin Emerton, Joseph Sissens

BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET
The Nutcracker
Choreography: Peter Wright, Lev Ivanov, Vincent Redmon
Music: Tchaikovsky
Production: David Bintley
Additional choreography: David Bintley, Marion Tait
Setting and additional props: Dick Bird
Lighting: Peter Teigen
Production designs: 59 Productions
Sound design: Bobby Aitken

Sugar Plum Fairy: Delia Mathews
The Prince: Tyrone Singleton
Drosselmeyer: Valentin Olovyannikov
Clara: Beatrice Parma

Photographed at the générale at the Royal Albert Hall on 28 December 2018

DUTCH NATIONAL BALLET

Cinderella
Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Designs: Julian Crouch

Cinderella: Anna Tsygankova
Prince Guillaume: Constantine Allen
Stepmother Hortensia: Vera Tsyganova
Stepsister Edwina: Emanouela Merdjanova
Stepsister Clementine: Suzanne Kaic
Benjamin: Remi Wörtmeyer
Fates: Sem Sjouke, Martin ten Kortenaar, Edo Wijnen, Jared Wright

Photographed the general rehearsal at the National Opera & Ballet in Amsterdam on 11 December 2018
Review in Dance Europe January 2019