Mariinsky Ballet – Romeo and Juliet, Vishneva/Shklyarov cast – London
…, the first-night Juliet, Diana Vishneva, brought her understanding of MacMillan’s ballet …to Lavrovsky’s older version.
Gallery – Mariinsky Ballet in Romeo and Juliet – Tereshkina/Parish Cast
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou…
Arthur Pita – Nobody’s Baby, The World’s Greatest Show – London
We don’t give stars but this is a 4- or even 5-star show… Classy work indeed.
Bolshoi Ballet – Spartacus – New York
If there’s one thing you can say for Yuri Grigorovich’s 1968 ballet Spartacus, it’s that it gets its point across loud and clear.
Carlos Acosta – Cubania – London
It’s not a perfect show by any means, but come the end you still love Acosta, his spirit and his smile. He remains a potent name, doing potent things for ballet, like filling the ROH…
Gallery – English National Ballet in Coppelia
Gallery by Dave Morgan of the Shiori Kase and Yonah Acosta cast
The Work of Mikhail Fokine – Q&A with Isabelle Fokine
Born in Paris in 1958, Isabelle Fokine is the daughter of Vitale Fokine and granddaughter of choreographer Mikhail Fokine. She is artistic director of the Fokine Estate Archive, which holds the worldwide copyright to his work.
Wendy Whelan – Restless Creature bill – London
It would be invidious to compare Wendy Whelan’s brave attempt to reinvent herself as a contemporary dancer with Sylvie Guillem’s far more mature achievement.
Dance at the Latitude Festival 2014
For the past seven years, the festival’s organisers have been collaborating with Sadler’s Wells to curate a dance programme on the strikingly beautiful Waterfront Stage at the heart of the festival site…
Gallery – Dance at Latitude Festival 2014
Lise Smith with a gallery of pictures taken over the 3 days of Latitude festival. Features the following, in order of appearance: Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, Ballet Revolucion, Sonia Sabri Company, James Cousins Company, English National Ballet, Candoco Dance Company and National Youth Dance Company
San Francisco Ballet – Maelstrom, Within the Golden Hour, Glass Pieces – Paris
Great to see so many of San Francisco Ballet’s dancers enjoying themselves and enthusing their audience in a steamy summer evening in Paris.
Lenka Vagnerová brings wild women and mythological animals to Edinburgh in Fringe shows La Loba and Riders
‘I was not interested in the image of womanhood as it is presented by the media, nor in its visual aspect,’ says Vagnerová…
San Francisco Ballet – Caprice, Hummingbird, Symphonic Dances – Paris
Audience applause during the evening recognised that Scarlett’s Hummingbird was the starry centrepiece of the three Paris premieres.
Northern Ballet – Concerto Six Twenty-Two, Concertante, The Architect – Leeds
Overall I thought this was another move forward for Tindall – he can grab our attention theatrically and also provide visceral choreographic texture.
Gallery – English National Ballet – Coppelia in the studio
Some pictures of Coppelia coming together in the main English National Ballet studio, taken by ENB dancer, and well known photographer, Laurent Liotardo…
Bolshoi Ballet – Swan Lake – New York
It is even more disappointing that the troupe should open its run with a Swan Lake so lackluster… It’s not the dancers’ fault. At every level, the Bolshoi dancers move with thrilling force and fullness.
Shiori Kase – First Soloist, English National Ballet
5 Questions to Shiori Kase. ENB soloist Shiori Kase is on a roll – only yesterday promoted to First Soloist (as of September), she’s just won a Gold Medal at the prestigious Jackson International Ballet Competition in the USA and is about to make her debut in Coppelia…
