70 years of ballet to the length and breadth of NZ - worth celebrating.

“The evening concluded with a true piece d’occasion, Prismatic, choreographed especially for Platinum by Shaun James Kelly.  Drawing inspiration from Poul Gnatt and Russell Kerr’s 1960 Ballet, Prismatic Variations, set to the same music, extracts from Brahms’ Variations on a theme of Haydn, and performed using Raymond Boyce’s original backcloth, this was truly an occasion of the past meeting the present and looking towards the future.  The rhythmic vitality of the score with its bubbling horns and soaring strings established the celebratory mood but anyone expecting a reconstruction of the original work for five couples would have been surprised to find the stage being progressively filled with more and more dancers until the entire company was assembled. This was a fitting climax to a generously filled evening. “

Review by Dr Ian Lochhead