Attractive music, extravagant staging, glamorous costumes and a particularly inventive use of videos marked the recent Chatelet Dance Festival in Paris.
The Bolshoi returns to Paris with several programmes including Spartacus, starring Vladimir Neporozhni as Crassus and Carlos Acosta as Spartacus. It was indeed perhaps the finest performance of Spartacus I've seen. Acosta, born to dance this role, was absolutely astounding...
On ne pourrait imaginer plus bel hommage à son immense talent et à l'héritage qu'il a laissé derrière lui que l'exceptionnelle représentation de La Bayadère le 6 janvier dernier (anniversaire de sa mort) à l'Opéra Bastille.