Graham Watts

Dance Writer/Critic/Influencer. Chair of Critics' Circle Dance Section & National Dance Awards. Ballet Icon Award 2024. OBE since 2008

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#FF Bashkiri National Folk Dance at the Choreographic Institute in Ufa - where #nureyev was a student - #barre #barreworkout with a difference - if you have problems with your splits watch this! #dance #Russia

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@GWDanceWriter What a fabulous insightful review - thanks for making time to see it, Graham 💜

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My review of Derrière on a G String at the King’s Head Theatre.

There are just three days left to catch one of the funniest shows to hit London for a while (although hopefully we will get to see it revived again)!

https://t.co/rcvzIpAUvn

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My review of Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Gentleman Jack by Northern Ballet at Norwich Theatre. @northernballet @NorwichTheatre

https://t.co/fIeC853HwQ

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July issue of Shinshokan magazine is out - reviews of Paul Taylor Dance Company in London and Russell Maliphant’s In a Landscape programme at the Coronet Theatre

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My review of the Ballet Boyz 25th anniversary Still Pointless show

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My review of two casts of Paquita by Manuel Legris for Lithuanian National Ballet in Vilnius

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Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Tulsa Ballet conquers London with a balletic richness made in America

@GWDanceWriter sees @TulsaBallet’s ‘Made in America’ triple bill at @rbo_org – a young, dynamic ensemble, with an overarching sense of theatre.

https://t.co/9EKwhNHwGh

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More great photos to accompany my review of Tulsa Ballet’s Made in America programme, which opened at the Linbury Theatre last evening.

Click link for review

https://t.co/5Z9gTCaxzq

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Amazing photos accompany my review of Giselle by Rodolfo Castellanos (and Yolanda Correa) for the National Ballet of Brno in the beautiful Mahen Theatre, starring Ksenia Ovsyanick, Alejandro Virelles, Se Hyun An and Ilia Mironov.

https://t.co/laMXbwFBt5

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My review of Akram Khan’s Lady Macbeth by Royal Danish Ballet at the Operahus in Copenhagen.

https://t.co/mQvodB0wbL

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Still catching up….. my review of Alchemies - a triple bill of work by Sir Wayne McGregor to celebrate his 20 years as Resident Choreographer at The Royal Ballet for BTheremagazine.

https://t.co/LtUfA0W0wc

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Catching up with reviews from last week - here is my review of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo at Sadler’s Wells, featuring the irrepressible Robert Carter in what seems likely to be his farewell performances in London.

https://t.co/QM66AUq5zP

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Very excited to see this cast in the opening night of Rodolfo Castellanos’ production of Giselle at by the National Ballet of Brno - it will be wonderful to see Ksenia Ovsyanick (as Giselle), Alejandro Virelles (Albrecht), Ilia Mironov (Hilarion) and Se Hyun An (Myrthe).

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Flying to Copenhagen to experience Akram Khan’s Lady Macbeth for Royal Danish Ballet - it’s a three-city trip - Copenhagen - Vienna - Brno !

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26 pages devoted to The Royal Ballet’s Summer tour to Japan including 3️⃣ pieces by yours truly being reviews of Giselle and Woolf Works and a feature on the stars to watch out for in Japan and interviews with Marianela, Vadim, Fumi, William, Rio & Steven

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Wow! Astonishing news that Francesca Velicu - one of the loveliest dancers in the UK today - is leaving English National Ballet to join London City Ballet. What a loss for the former and what a coup by Chris Marney for LCB! It really shows that this nascent company means business

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My review of We Caliban by Shobana Jeyasingh.

https://t.co/2rLp9oEvQg

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My review of Tungrodd in Oslo by Simone Grotte for Norwegian National Ballet: the recent history and culture of the Sámi and Kven cultures of Northern Norway.

https://t.co/vRItfFJdBX