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La Bayadère review " Ratmansky returns orientalist fantasy to its roots by Laura Cappelle

Staatsoper Unter den Linden, BerlinAlexei Ratmansky's reconstruction of Marius Petipa's problematic ballet raises an uncomfortable questionA quiet revolution has been under way in the ballet world: the authenticity of the 19th-century classics has come under scrutiny. Ballet productions have historically been patchworks, each new one weaving changes and additions into surviving choreography. Yet rediscovered period n…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AM on November 13, 2018

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