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Sep 17, 2012
London Premiere Review for Ghosts - The Ballet (Wheeldon/Winger)
San Francisco Ballet - Sadler's Wells Theatre
Christopher Wheeldon's Ghosts is a fantastic piece with brilliant lighting by Mary Louise Geigerthat creates an invigoratingly spooky translucent effect. The choreography shows Wheeldon at his imaginative best, veering from insectoid groupings to lyrically swooning partnerings, and there are some robust lifts and athletic rolling which make this work stand out from his usual, more elegaic, oeuvre. There's also a breathtaking duet towards the end, performed with uncanny synchronisation and emotion by Yuan Yuan Tan and Damian Smith.
One of Wheeldon's great strengths is producing pieces that work in tandem with the music, something achieved to tremendous effect in Ghosts.
Photo Courtesy of Erik Thomasson
