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...I am no fan of extracts from important works – that is the dire province of BBC Radio 3 – but the event’s other reward is the chance to see Leanne Benjamin in roles which she has indelibly marked with her...
..., Tamara Rojo and Carlos Acosta, which inspire the machine to imitative action in what seems a curious, haunting commentary....
...Carlos Acosta has inherited the central Judas role created by Irek Mukhamedov, and dutiful as his performance is, it lacks both the stunning physical intensity of Mukhamedov’s portrait and its emotional...
...With Carlos Acosta in dashing attendance, the beautiful Ansanelli gave a dizzying display of come-hither wit, acutest response to a score, technical elegance that flashed over the choreography’s ferocious...
...On Monday night Carlos Acosta appeared as Rudolf....
...On Monday, Rhapsody was gloriously danced by Leanne Benjamin (unfailing musicality, brilliancy of step, a cascading pas de bourrée like beautifully matched pearls) and by Carlos Acosta with tremendous bravura...
...In Ashton’s ravishing pas de deux from Birthday Offering, Alexandra Ansanelli was radiant, revealing the dance to us with the loveliest assurance, and Leanne Benjamin and Miyako Yoshida were, as ever and...
...Both Leanne Benjamin and Tamara Rojo have led heart-touching interpretations, with Carlos Acosta and Federico Bonelli grandly torn by the anguish of the Offertoire, while the ensemble shows a radiant identification...
...It was magnificently danced by its cast led by Leanne Benjamin (who gives her every role an exquisite rightness), Darcey Bussell (perfect in every step) and the splendid Carlos Acosta....
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