Overview
- The run is underway in the Linbury Theatre at the Royal Opera House and is scheduled through 20 February.
- Glen Tetley’s 1962 work returns to Covent Garden after nearly two decades, presented in its signature scaffold set by Rouben Ter-Arutunian.
- Reviews praise the opening cast of Marcelino Sambé, Mayara Magri and Matthew Ball, with a second cast led by Joshua Junker, Natalia Osipova and Patricio Revé also singled out.
- Arnold Schoenberg’s 1912 score is performed live, with Alexandra Lowe delivering the demanding Sprechstimme under Yi Wei’s taut conducting.
- Critics note Tetley’s hybrid of classical ballet and Graham-influenced modern dance, while some call the 40–45 minute programme slight for a centenary and question elements of the work’s sexual politics.