Sadler's Wells, LondonIt was, ironically, an exiled Russian, Mikhail Mordkin, who laid the foundations for the American Ballet Theatre's launch. Fifty-one years later, it's another Russian, Alexei Ratmansky, who dominates the company's first of two programmes in London.Seven Sonatas, a setting of Scarlatti keyboard pieces, is all about its score. With the piano played live on stage, the music acts like a force field …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:35PM on February 2, 2011