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Dance

Richly layered and intricate: Royal Ballet's The Dante Project reviewed

30 October 2021

9:00 AM

30 October 2021

9:00 AM

The Dante Project

Royal Opera House, in rep until 30 October

Romeo and Juliet

Royal Opera House, in rep until 25 February 2022

Where does the artist end and their work begin? Like 2015’s Woolf Works, Wayne McGregor’s new ballet swirls creator and creation to meditate on a journey of self-realisation. The subject this time is Dante, the Italian poet who redirected the course of western art and literature with The Divine Comedy.

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