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Paul Taylor Dance Company – Brandenburgs, Rewilding, Cascade – New York
★★★★✰ One can only wish the Paul Taylor Company well in this period of change. The dancers, new and old, perform with a warmth and openness that is rare.
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Catching up with Kenneth Tindall on his new work for Northern Ballet (Geisha), other commissions and more…
Northern Ballet recently announced their 50th Anniversary Programme and central to it is Geisha, a new commission for Kenneth Tindall. To be premiered on 14 March 2020, we wanted to know more about Geisha and all the other things, of which there are many, that Tindall is up to…
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Gallery – Royal Ballet in The Firebird, A Month in the Country, Symphony in C
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou…
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San Francisco Ballet – Your Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem, Bound To, Anima Animus – London
★★★★✰ It’s been a treat to see so much new work made specifically for a company. The dancers are free, unburdened by the weight of history and expectation, with no comparisons to be made to famous past performers or interpretations. It’s all theirs.
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Natalia Osipova Film – A Force of Nature Natalia
★★★★★ This is a superbly made film… It draws a portrait of a supreme artist, a woman with exceptional humility, all sensitively handled with warmth and humour.
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Gallery – San Francisco Ballet in Your Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem and Anima Animus
Works by Trey McIntyre and David Dawson. Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou…
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English National Ballet – Cinderella – London
★★★★✰ A spectacular show, full of colour, humour and romance…
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Gallery – Royal Ballet’s Margot Fonteyn: A Celebration
The Royal Ballet pays tribute to its Prima Ballerina Assoluta, Margot Fonteyn, with a special celebratory performance to mark the centenary of her birth. Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou…
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San Francisco Ballet – Bespoke, Hummingbird and Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming – London
★★★★✰ the overall impression was of the wholly American spirit of the company – peppy, vivacious, determined and running at full-tilt.
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Royal Ballet – The Firebird, A Month in the Country, Symphony in C – London
★★★★✰ Three short but densely packed ballets infused with a strong Russian flavour were at the heart of the Royal Ballet’s last bill of the season.
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American Ballet Theatre – Jane Eyre – New York
★★✰✰✰ For all Marston’s qualifications, I found her Jane Eyre to be a dreary affair, theatrically dutiful and choreographically thin.
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Northern Ballet’s 50th Anniversary Programme for 2020
Northern Ballet has just announced details of its 50th Anniversary Season for next year. The plans include a big Gala and new full evening works by Kenneth Tindall (Geisha) & Drew McOnie (Merlin). Here are the full headlines and dates on one page…
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5 Questions to Meaghan Grace Hinkis, Royal Ballet Soloist
Meaghan Grace Hinkis, the Royal Ballet soloist, is about to make her debut as Vera in Frederick Ashton’s “A Month in the Country”. 5 quick questions about that and her dancing life…
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San Francisco Ballet – The Infinite Ocean, Snowblind, Björk Ballet – London
★★★★✰ Ballet companies across the globe are in a new age of commissioning …but none can match the pioneering zeal of this, the oldest American ballet company.
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June 11, 2019Gallery – Royal Ballet in The Firebird, A Month in the Country, Symphony in C
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June 9, 2019
Gallery – San Francisco Ballet in Your Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem and Anima Animus
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June 9, 2019
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June 2, 2019
Gallery – San Francisco Ballet in The Infinite Ocean, Snowblind and Björk Ballet
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May 30, 2019
Gallery – San Francisco Ballet in Alexei Ratmansky’s Shostakovich Trilogy
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May 25, 2019
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May 17, 2019
Gallery – Deborah Colker Dance Company in Dog Without Feathers
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May 11, 2019
Gallery – Royal Ballet in Medusa, Within the Golden Hour, Flight Pattern
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April 24, 2019
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April 17, 2019
Gallery – Night of 100 Solos in London: Merce Cunningham Trust, Centennial Event
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June 14, 2019Paul Taylor Dance Company – Brandenburgs, Rewilding, Cascade – New York
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June 11, 2019
San Francisco Ballet – Your Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem, Bound To, Anima Animus – London
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June 10, 2019
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June 9, 2019
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June 8, 2019
San Francisco Ballet – Bespoke, Hummingbird and Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming – London
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June 7, 2019
Royal Ballet – The Firebird, A Month in the Country, Symphony in C – London
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June 6, 2019
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June 3, 2019
San Francisco Ballet – The Infinite Ocean, Snowblind, Björk Ballet – London
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June 2, 2019
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June 2, 2019
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June 12, 2019Catching up with Kenneth Tindall on his new work for Northern Ballet (Geisha), other commissions and more…
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June 4, 2019
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May 18, 2019
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May 12, 2019
Catching up with Morgann Runacre-Temple – work for Scottish Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet and more
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May 7, 2019
5 Questions to Yolande Yorke-Edgell of Yorke Dance Project on celebrating their 20th anniversary
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May 4, 2019
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May 1, 2019
Jasper Conran, designer, on working in ballet with David Bintley and now Christopher Wheeldon
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April 2, 2019
Ivan Putrov on his latest night of ballet – Against the Stream
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March 20, 2019
5 Questions to Sophie Laplane – a Scottish Ballet Artist in Residence – about her new work, Dextera
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March 8, 2019
Cathy Marston on her new work for Northern Ballet, Victoria, the creative process and more…
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June 10, 2019Natalia Osipova Film – A Force of Nature Natalia
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May 10, 2019
Carlos Acosta splendidly summed up as he collects his Critics’ Circle Services to the Arts award
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May 5, 2019
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March 18, 2019
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February 26, 2019
Pictures Feature – BalletBoyz latest double bill, Them/Us, in the studio & on tour
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December 24, 2018
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December 23, 2018
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December 13, 2018
Close up with Darcey Bussell and Ashton’s Sylvia at the Royal Opera House Cinema Festival
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October 5, 2018
Hauptaktion at London’s Collisions Festival 2018 – Examing cultural appropriation and Minstrel shows
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September 30, 2018
World Ballet Day, 2 October 2018 – an insight into what The Royal Ballet will be doing
