It promised to be one of the best nights of ballet of the season and of what has been seen in these parts lately, but the fates of the theater are the masters of the unexpected, and it turned out to be an eventful night saved for the audience that filled the patio of the Conde Duque by the good work and courage of the dancers. Technical interruptions (apparently due to a fatal coincidence of lighting and sound failures), changes in the program and the constant wandering of some erratic audience, almost ruined the evening.
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LONDON CITY BALLET
Mephisto Waltz: Ashley Page / Franz Liszt; Concerto (Pas de deux): Kenneth MacMillan / Dimitri Shostakovich; Soon: Tasha Chu / Sam Robinson y Gavin Bryars; Pictures from an exhibition: Alexei Ratmansky / Modest Mussorsky. London City Ballet. Artistic director: Christopher Marney. The Summers of La Villa. Count Duke. July 24 and 25.