Giannandrea Poesio

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Mariinsky Ballet<em><br /> Sadler’s Wells <br /> </em><br /> Tiago Guedes: Various Materials<em><br /> The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre</em>

issue 25 October 2008

Mariinsky Ballet
Sadler’s Wells



Tiago Guedes: Various Materials
The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre

I know I am not alone in thinking that an all-Forsythe programme was not an ideal choice for the Mariinsky Ballet’s opening night in London. As the man who dared successfully to manipulate ballet’s centuries’ old principles, William Forsythe is regarded by many as the initiator of a long-awaited and much-needed artistic revolution.

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