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Murphy’s Swan Lake in London: The Verdict

July 17, 2016 – 1:56 pm

The Australian Balletā€™s four-day season of Graeme Murphyā€™s Swan Lake at the Coliseum in London has ended with the cityā€™s

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Adam Bull, Amber Scott, Coliseum, Debra Craine, Dimity Azoury, Giselle, Graeme Murphy, Graham Watts, Hanna Weibye, Judith Mackrell, Kristian Fredrikson, Mark Monahan, Mats Ek, Nicolette Fraillon, Royal Ballet, Swan Lake | Comments (0)

A five star show to start the Australian Ballet’s year

February 23, 2015 – 9:38 am

The Australian Ballet delivered a triple treat on the opening night of the company’s 2015 season. Madeleine Eastoe, Kevin Jackson

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Ako Kondo, Alistair Macaulay, Andris Toppe, Benedicte Bemet, Brooke Lockett, Colin Peasley, Frank Leo, Graeme Murphy, Heidi Martin, Karen Nanesca, Kevin Jackson, Kristian Fredrikson, Madeleine Eastoe, Matthew Donnelly, Shane Carroll, Steven Heathcote, Swan Lake | Comments (0)

The miracle that is Olga Smirnova

August 15, 2013 – 7:14 am

Leo Schofield writes for dancelines from London ā€Itā€™s unspeakably bad for so many reasons that the injured Bolshoi Ballet director

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Bolshoi Ballet, Diamonds, Ekaterina Shipulina, George Balanchine, Jewels, Les Flammes de Paris, Olga Smirnova, Paris Opera Ballet, Svetlana Zakharova | Comments (0)

The law of unforeseen consequences unfolds at the Bolshoi Ballet

March 10, 2013 – 11:13 am

Many years ago a newspaper editor introduced me to the “law of unforeseen consequencesā€¯. It’s a distant cousin of Murphyā€™s

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Anzhelina Vorontsova, Bolshoi Ballet, Diamonds, Jewels, Le Corsaire, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Pavel Dmitrichenko, Sergei Filin, Yuri Grigorovich | Comments (1)

The luminous Olga Smirnova, the Bolshoi’s new star

December 17, 2012 – 11:59 am

When the veteran dance critic, Clement Crisp, writes that he is ā€dazzledā€¯ by a dancerā€™s presence and describes her manner

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged American Ballet Theatre, Bolshoi Ballet, Diana Vishneva, Ivan Vassilev, Jewels, La Bayadere, Mariinsky Ballet, Natalia Osipova, Olga Smirnova, Pharoah;s Daughter | Comments (1)

Sylvie at 46

July 10, 2011 – 3:40 am

Sylvie Guillem won high praise – four stars from London critics – for her brief season last week at Sadlers

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Jiri Kylian, Mats Ek, Nicolas Le Riche, Sylvie Guillem, William Forsythe | Comments (0)

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