Sara Veale

Skirt-swishing and stomach-dropping: Ukrainian Ballet Gala, at Sadler’s Wells, reviewed

Plus: the climax to Hofesh Shechter's new work is a Tarantino-esque danse macabre, in which the carnage is palpable

Olesia Shaytanova's rousing turn in the big-bang finale of Don Quixote, part of the Ukrainian Ballet Gala at Sadler's Wells. Image: ©Elliott Franks 
issue 25 September 2021
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