Tag Archives: Symphony in C

Raven Girl/ Symphony in C, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, May 2013

Posted on 25 May 2013

Choreographer Wayne McGregor’s strength is as a visual artist, and this ballet is based on a fairy tale by Audrey Niffenegger, a novelist and visual artist. A postman falls in love with a raven that gives birth to their child the Raven Girl, who yearns to be bird rather than human. Despite the range of …

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Royal Ballet Triple: Chroma, Tryst, Symphony in C, Covent Garden, May 2010

Posted on 22 May 2010

…putting on this triple bill is quite a feat. Three different conductors, dozens of dancers, many with difficult roles — the Royal Ballet surpasses itself, and the auditorium should really be full to bursting.

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Homage to Balanchine, Mariinsky Ballet, Royal Opera House, August 2009

Posted on 13 August 2009

Symphony in C … to Bizet’s Symphony No. 1 … is a blaze of action, … designed to show off a classical ballet company…

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