Reviews for Pur ti Miro
“it is how Elo has reconfigured classical technique that demonstrates why he is one of the most exciting choreographers in the world today… Elo rivets the eye, and the company looks sensational.” The Globe and Mail, 2010
“Pur ti Miro had the audience gasping for air” The National Post, 2010
“Very obviously rooted in the classics, Elo’s work is nonetheless very much of today and even tomorrow… memorable” Toronto Sun, 2010
“Pur ti Miro is like a dream of love. Sometimes it’s soft and yearning, sometimes playful and disruptive. Always… passionate” The Hamilton Spectator, 2010
Reviews for The Man in Black
“The vernacular is masculine and casual… but the movement is also beautifully sculptural and emotionally frank.” The Georgia Straight, 2011
“moving tableaus of intertwined dancers in Gordon Lightfoot’s If You Could Read My Mind and Trent Reznor’s Hurt, read like renaissance paintings with deep, understated suffering.” The Edmonton Journal, 2011
“James Kudelka's very likable homage to Johnny Cash, entitled The Man in Black – six Cash covers of well-known songs by Ian Tyson, Gordon Lightfoot, Springsteen, and others, are given some spirited contemporary ballet-meets-country and western dance treatment” The Calgary Herald, 2011
Reviews for Theme and Variations
“It's a dazzling work, with a magnificent score by Tchaikovsky.” The National Post, 2011
“a ballet rich in both tradition and talent” Toronto Sun, 2011
“elegantly patterned stage formations and dazzling solos with all the style and authority we have come to expect.” The National Post, 2004
“*****/5" Toronto Sun, 2004
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Ballet Talks
The National Ballet invites you to attend the Pur ti Miro & No. 24 & The Man in Black & Theme and Variations Ballet Talk 45 minutes before every show.
Ballet Talks are engaging and offer interesting insights on the performance you are about to see. The talks are free to all ticket holders and take place in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre in the City Room of the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.