Svetlana Lunkina
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
All in Sequence
By David RudinWayne McGregor’s Genus and Jerome Robbins’ The Concert are both elaborate choreographies that hinge on the smallest of movements – the twitch of a finger, the crook of an elbow or the flick of a wrist.
Posted April 6, 2017
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Truly Mixed: Genus, Tarantella, Self and Soul and The Concert
By Valeria NunziatoFour disparate works, precisely crafted by four distinguished artists, make one inspiring collection of dance for The National Ballet of Canada’s mixed program.
Posted April 6, 2017
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
A Medley of Magic and Madness
By Marissa TrarbackBefore a single dancer appears on stage opening night at The National Ballet of Canada’s production of Giselle, a medley of magic and madness already fills the air.
Posted June 21, 2016
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Sin and Un-Earned Redemption
By Aziza MohammedAn innocent peasant girl, a prince in disguise, and an undead queen. Saccharine leitmotifs and the most enthusiastic use of triangle in any orchestral work. Giselle has it all.
Posted June 21, 2016
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Giselle’s Restless Spirit
By Emily TraceTraditionally described as ‘the ballerina’s Hamlet’, this production of Giselle by The National Ballet of Canada soundly debunks the adage.
Posted June 21, 2016
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Pure, Smart Entertainment
By Anne CassVitality, glamour and striking humour fill The National Ballet of Canada’s stage at the premiere of Alexander Ekman’s Cacti, with George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments and Rubies at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
Posted March 15, 2016
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
The Pleasure of Cacti’s Prickle
By Matthew PariselliCacti is a delightfully silly and playful ballet, but also a sharply satirical and pulsating presentation, accentuated by its strategic place in The National Ballet of Canada’s recent mixed programme, which also features Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments and Rubies.
Posted March 15, 2016
