Edinburgh Playhouse; Royal Opera House, LondonHelen Pickett's inspired new reworking of an American classic is a keeper. And the Bolshoi's comic turns on a collective farm prove irresistible It's surprisingly hard to make a new narrative ballet that captures hearts and minds. Swan Lake, Giselle and The Sleeping Beauty are so regularly performed because they somehow speak beyond their formal steps to something deeper …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AM on August 11, 2019