Summary
SLEEPING BEAUTY Covent Garden, WC2 GIVEN she's been off injured for a year, Sarah Lamb understandably took things carefully. Although she had a small part in the seasonopening Mayerling, Sleeping Beauty is Lamb's first three-act biggie since the injury (she broke three metatarsal bones in her left foot in Paris), and her performance deserved every one of the flowers the Opera House arranged for her curtain call.
The American-born Lamb is a slender, slightly reserved dancer, and her interpretation of Princess Aurora is as a refined, shy young girl. It works well and gives Ivan Putrov's Prince, a naturally more ardent performer, something to act against. The way the pair play it, he brings out Lamb's delicate Princess and she responds to his softly amorous manners.See the full content of this document
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Fairy Tale Return for Lamb ; Dance
Putrov has been rather overshadowed of late with the arrival of t...
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