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miss-mollys-ballet-blog · 4 years ago

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Royal Ballet Mixed Program Livestream Thoughts

Anemoi, choreography by Valetino Zucchetti

LOVED IT, OH MY GOD. You could really tell his inspiration was the wind and the changes it brings, not only in the choreography and the music chosen, but with the fact that he used all young dancers who are all either in the corps or first artists. I love that he highlights both the men and women in group numbers, none of the men of the corps only carrying spears nonsense. His adagios are beautiful, he knows how to position dancers that show both dancers off, not just the ballerina being the star and the man being in the support. I think it was my favorite part of the show.

Agnus Dei, choreographed by Arthur Pita and danced by Leo Dixon

It was your run of the mill contemporary piece. I feel bad because Leo danced really well, but the choreography itself was so boring. Remember when I said that almost all new choreography is just a copy of itself? Yeah. This was a prime example of that.

Morgen, choreography by Wayne McGregor and danced by Yasmine Naghdi and Joseph Sissens

This was the most elegant McGregor piece I have ever seen. The choreography was smooth, graceful, and it seemed as though he choreographed it specifically for these two dancers because it worked for both of their strengths amazingly well. McGregor generally has this kind of jerky, crawling on the floor style (honestly I think some of his work could be inspired by the scene in The Ring when the girl crawls out of the tv tbh), but this really had none of that.

Winter Dreams, choreography by Kenneth MacMillan and danced by Laura Morera and Ryoichi Hirano

No one comes close to Darcey Bussell and Irek Mukhamedov in this pas de deux, sorry. There just seemed to be no emotion in it and they had zero chemistry whatsoever. Laura needs to retire, she is 43 and should bow out gracefully like Kristen McNally did. Maybe Ryoichi would be better with a different partner like Sarah Lamb. Unfortunately, I just constantly compare everyone who dances this to Bussell and Mukhamedov and maybe that’s not fair, but it is what it is.

After The Rain, choreography by Christopher Wheeldon and danced by Beatriz Stix-Brunnell and Reece Clark

I actually really liked Beatriz in it, it’s a shame she’s retiring because she is a wonderful contemporary dancer and out of the young dancers in the company, she was my favorite and out of the ones promoted to principal, I wish it had been her instead of O’Sullivan. But I digress. Reece Clark was fine, that’s really it.

Voices of Spring, choreographed by Frederick Ashton and danced by Anna Rose O’Sullivan and Marcelino Sambe

I love Marcelino SO MUCH. I cannot think of a time when he did not bring just pure joy to his dancing; I want to see more and more and more of him! I wasn’t a big fan of Anna Rose so much, she didn’t seem comfortable in the choreography, idk how to describe it. She didn’t struggle, she handled it just fine, but it didn’t seem like the right fit. She isn’t very graceful and smooth.

Sleeping Beauty Act 3

Florestan and his sisters: Calvin Richardson, Isabella Gasparini, and Claire Calvert. I enjoyed it, it was cute and perky and fun. I do really enjoy Calvert!

Puss and Boots and Red Riding Hood dances are never my thing, I have to admit I didn’t watch them.

Princess Florine and Bluebird, Meaghan Grace Hinkis and James Hay. Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh I hate this pas de deux so much and neither of these two did anything to make it better. Neither of them came across as musical at all, they missed important accents, and looked like they were working and concentrating very hard, which is not a good look when performing.

Aurora and Prince Florimund, Marianela Nunez and Vadim Muntagirov are always great to watch, especially Vadim. You can 10000% tell they trust each other completely and are a great partnership.

If you’ve read the entire thing, CONGRATULATIONS! All in all, I highly recommend buying access and watching it; it was a very enjoyable performance!!! Buy it here

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