Reviews
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
TIMES
"..beautifully and vividly brought to life in
this sumptuous performance"
MAIL ON SUNDAY
“..music is very effective and evocative, infusing the
dancers’ torrid emotions with exuberant romanticism
and rising to some splendid melodramatic climaxes…David
Nixon's choreography..packs a theatrical punch…this
is guaranteed to be a popular hit”.
THE INDEPENDENT
“Heathcliff and Cathy..Charlotte Talbot is as wildly
beautiful as you could hope for. Jonathan
Ollivier is correctly swarthy and brooding
and very sexy..”
BBC ONLINE
“Always a class act, Northern Ballet Theatre have surpassed
themselves with this interpretation of Wuthering Heights..impressive
leads Charlotte Talbot as Cathy and Jonathan
Ollivier as Heathcliff, here were a pair you
couldn’t take your eyes off..Highly recommended”.
SUNDAY EXPRESS
"It's
a cracker...a riveting evening".
METRO
"..powerul passions
and movements wring out the heart of the piece...breathtaking
skill."
SOUTH YORKSHIRE TIMES
"..beautifully
and vividly brought to life in this sumptuous performance"
SHEFFIELD STAR
"..wild and wonderful..heady blend of pure passion and
exciting melodrama...Claude-Michel
Schönberg's vibrant new score has all
the lush romanticism needed to sweep the story along....haunting,
moving and completely unforgettable".
SOUTH WALES ECHO
"..Wuthering Heights is a tale well suited to the company's
strong dramatic talents......this ballet belonged to Jonathan
Ollivier...dominating the piece with his athleticism,
passion and power. This is not to detract from Charlotte Talbot's
wild, exquisite Cathy and together they held the audience
spellbound....one more feather in artistic director David
Nixon's choreographic cap and beautifully
evokes the eerie spirit of the moors."
DANCE EXPRESSION MAGAZINE
- MAY 2003
"Nixon has created a narrative ballet where the story
is clear, the characters come through the choreography (which
doesn't shun emotional values), the music sets a mood (it's
tuneful as well) and the dancers have some difficult work
to do establishing their roles as Nixon
challenges them at every turn. Jonathan
Ollivier expertly expresses the glowering
moods of Heathcliff....I particularly enjoyed Desiré
Samaai's empty-headed Isabella...The scene where she eventually
catches Heathcliff's eye - is quite erotic in its intensity.
..What makes this two-acter so palatable is the dramaturgy
of Patricia Doyle,
the pleasant windswept score of Claude-Michel
Schönberg, complemented by
Nixon's choreographic structure.....NBT has
a winner"
THE TIMES
"...a pared-down, intimate dance of love and loss which
engages our hearts...(Jonathan
Ollivier) retains the spirit of the scruffy,
cowering feral child we see at the beginning, yet still convinces
us of his desirability. It’s a strong and compelling
performance...Charlotte Talbot is the ballet’s linchpin,
a lovely yet dramatic performer"
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