Named after their high school class, the Parini Secondo, these three young women have burst onto the Paris stage with irresistible charm. Playing with subtle but continual variations of wave-like movements, performed with great technical precision to a driving beat, they create hypnotic effects that bewitch the audience. Rafaela Sahyoun, the Brazilian choreographer who ignited audience passions with the São Paulo City Ballet last season, continues her exploration of the pulse, this time focusing her entire energy on two dancers. The result is explosive, yet the effect is tightly controlled through immense precision of movement. The audience and the dancers are caught up in the same gripping spiral, breathing together in the same rhythm.

Claire Verlet