Wendy Whelan and Edward Watson, review: At their best as sado-masochistic criminals
Wendy Whelan and Edward Watson have plenty in common: long-limbed, sinewy dancers with nervous intensity and serious cheekbones. In Other Stories, former New York City Ballet star Whelan and The Royal Ballet’s Watson commission a range of new works. In some, they coyly pretend to be themselves. It’s when they start playing Brechtian sado-masochistic criminals that the evening takes off.