Francesca Hayward and Steven McRae in The Winter’s Tale, Royal Ballet, July 2017. © Darren Thomas.Th
Francesca Hayward and Steven McRae in The Winter’s Tale, Royal Ballet, July 2017. © Darren Thomas.The partnership of Francesca Hayward as Perdita and Steven McRae as Florizel, is another contrast, this time in style. Hayward’s delicacy and demure manner and McRae’s bravado as he flies into split leaps and other virtuosic steps don’t make for a balanced partnership. Wheeldon’s this-way, that-way turns of the torso work well for most of the men in Act 2 but not so much for McRae whose fast swivels and facial expressions seem to be more about him showing how well he can jump rather than his love of Perdita. -- source link
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