Marianela: Timeless review – perfect ballerina shows off a leg-whipping, frictionless mastery

Royal Opera House, London In what is officially her first solo show, the star principal marshals technically peerless performances from a tremendous company in finely chosen repertoire Is there such a thing as being too perfect? Marianela Nuñez is certainly one of the most perfect ballerinas around. At 44, she still has superlative technique and absolute command. She can reel off a fiendish string of fouettés (as in tonight’s extract from Le Corsaire), whipping her leg in circles, and then come to a gentle standstill, the smoothest brakes you ever saw. It is absolutely frictionless; it is beau

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