Javier De Frutos

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BalletBoyz: Fourteen Days review – daring dance created at breakneck speed
Working to a tight deadline, Javier de Frutos, Iván Pérez, Christopher Wheeldon and Craig Revel Horwood respond to the theme of balance in new pieces, presented alongside Russell Maliphant’s Fallen

Judith Mackrell

11, Oct, 2017 @3:37 PM

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Les Enfants Terribles review – dark sibling fantasy
Top-flight dancers, Javier de Frutos moves, Philip Glass score and Cocteau’s twisted tale don’t quite add up

Luke Jennings

05, Feb, 2017 @8:00 AM

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Les Enfants Terribles review – Javier De Frutos teases out sex-games siblings' inner damage
With eight Royal Ballet dancers enacting the claustrophobic world of an incestuous couple, De Frutos weaves intricate physical poetry around Jean Cocteau’s text and Philip Glass’s limiting score

Judith Mackrell

29, Jan, 2017 @12:44 PM

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Les Enfants Terribles: Cocteau's scandalous siblings dance on the edge
Ahead of the Royal Ballet’s new production of Philip Glass’s dance opera, based on the poetic French novel, choreographer Javier De Frutos and his principal dancers talk incest, jealousy and revenge

Judith Mackrell

21, Jan, 2017 @10:00 AM

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Lift-off: the must-see dance shows of 2017
Carlos Acosta’s Cuban company comes to the UK, Javier de Frutos assembles a dream cast for Philip Glass’s dance opera and Shobana Jeyasingh explores the Indian diaspora

Judith Mackrell

07, Jan, 2017 @10:00 AM

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The Royal Ballet's new season: another tiptoe towards equality
Alongside new productions by Wayne McGregor, Liam Scarlett and Javier de Frutos, Crystal Pite becomes the first woman to create work for the Royal Ballet since 1999. It’s another encouraging step by a ballet industry slowly embracing the 21st century and nurturing new talent

Judith Mackrell

06, Apr, 2016 @2:47 PM

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Royal New Zealand Ballet review – De Frutos's love letter to the Pacific
Wild, muscular dance meets deft use of Maori music in Javier De Frutos’s joyful yet complex work for RNZB – whose intensity is hard to match

Judith Mackrell

18, Nov, 2015 @2:24 PM

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The Rite of Spring at Sadler's Wells: 'It takes you to so many places'

Nijinsky set it in tunics, Pina Bausch as a brutal battle of the sexes – so just how do you dance to Stravinsky's most violent score? Judith Mackrell talks to Akram Khan, Javier de Frutos and other leading choreographers about following the greats

Judith Mackrell

03, Apr, 2013 @5:30 PM

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The Most Incredible Thing – review
Don't expect fairytale enchantment from Javier de Frutos and the Pet Shop Boys' adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen, writes Luke Jennings

Luke Jennings

27, Mar, 2011 @12:05 AM

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De Frutos and Pet Shop Boys reach for the moon
Pet Shop Boys and dance maverick Javier de Frutos have turned a Hans Christian Andersen story into a ballet. How did the moon landings end up in there? Judith Mackrell finds out

Judith Mackrell

09, Mar, 2011 @9:29 PM

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Step-by-step guide to dance: Javier de Frutos

Sanjoy Roy: Javier de Frutos revels in the raw and the provocative but his new collaboration with Pet Shop Boys is for the family

Sanjoy Roy

09, Mar, 2011 @4:17 PM

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Portrait of the artist: Javier de Frutos, choreographer
'The worst thing anyone's ever said? I used to perform naked – a review ran the headline No Pants, No Thanks'

Laura Barnett

28, Jun, 2010 @9:01 PM

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