Natalia’s night: Royal Ballet puts the spotlight on Osipova – in pictures
Natalia Osipova stars in a special programme at the Royal Opera House’s Linbury theatre this month. We step into rehearsals
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Marcelino Sambé and Natalia Osipova rehearse Errand Into the Maze by Martha Graham
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Errand Into the Maze is one of two pieces performed live in the production Osipova/Linbury
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The other is The Exhibition, which Osipova rehearses here with Christopher Akrill
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The Exhibition is a world premiere by Norwegian choreographer Jo Strømgren
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Sambé and Osipova in Errand Into the Maze, inspired by the myth of Ariadne and the Minotaur
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Osipova rehearses with Akrill for The Exhibition. The Russian ballerina also stars in a new film of Frederick Ashton’s Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan as part of the evening
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Osipova and Akrill in The Exhibition, which will be staged in the Royal Ballet’s intimate Linbury theatre
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Osipova in Errand Into the Maze, a 1947 duet choreographed by Martha Graham
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Sambé and Osipova in rehearsals for Errand Into the Maze
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Rehearsals for The Exhibition choreographed by Strømgren, a former dancer who is also a playwright and theatre director
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The Exhibition has costumes by Bregje van Balen, lighting by Ryan Joseph Stafford, sound by Florence Hand and set design by Strømgren
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Osipova and Akrill in The Exhibition
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Errand Into the Maze has music by Gian Carlo Menotti, costume designs by Martha Graham, sets by Isamu Noguchi, original lighting design by Jean Rosenthal and revival lighting design by Chris Wilkinson
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Osipova/Linbury is at the Linbury theatre, London, 6-10 March
