Giselle (Ratmansky premiere) — Dance Review from DanceTabs
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BOLSHOI BALLET – GISELLE (RATMANSKY PREMIERE) – MOSCOW
DanceTabs.com — 24 November 2019
by Marina Harss
<...>Ekaterina Krysanova, who led the second cast on Nov. 22, was more vivid, with a hungry jump and a naturalness that suited the role of Giselle particularly well. She did most of her fast (chainé) turns on half-pointe, which gave them a lovely girlishness. <...> Of the two Albrechts (both excellent), Artemiy Belyakov, Smirnova’s partner, was more elegant and poised, while Artem Ovcharenko had more pliant, elastic phrasing. Both managed what is very tricky choreography with aplomb.<...>