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Olga Pericet – The Thorn That Wanted to Be a Flower, or The Flower That Dreamed of Being a Dancer – London
★★★★★ The Cordoban star Olga Pericet’s poetically titled show revealed, wonderfully, a personality too big for flamenco to hold.
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Royal Ballet School – Summer Show, ROH Main Stage – London
★★★★✰ The choice of works emphasised ensembles more than individuals. It was interesting to see large numbers of young men dancing together, as well as a more usual female corps de ballet.
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Mercedes Ruiz, Eduardo Guerrero and María Moreno – Gala Flamenca – London
★★★★★ As the gala’s artistic director, Liñán brought together four great talents (three dancers and a singer), backed up by an outstanding group of musicians…
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Rocío Molina – Fallen From Heaven – London
★★★★✰ Fallen From Heaven (Caido del Cielo) is referenced as the celebration of being a woman, and it is certainly all about one woman.
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Royal Ballet School – Holland Park bill (mainly Upper School) – London
★★★★✰ The show overall gave us a good slice of what ballet is in 2019, and just how adaptable the students need to be these days – exciting times for them and exciting for us in the audience as well.
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Ulrik Birkkjaer and Royal Danish Ballet dancers – Bournonville Legacy bill – New York
★★★★✰ You can tell the Danes are in town by the fact that the Joyce Theater has been packed night after night this week.
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The Bolshoi Ballet in London, Summer 2019 – All you need to know (and more!)
The Bolshoi Ballet are in London this summer with Spartacus, Swan Lake, The Bright Stream and Don Quixote. One of the world’s greatest companies, here are Jann Parry’s thoughts on an important visit…
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Mark Morris Dance Group – Sport, Empire Garden, V – New York
★★★★✰ Mark Morris Dance Group are currently at the Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival performing a triple bill coupling a new work, “Sport”, to the much admired “Empire Garden” and “V”.
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English National Ballet School – 2019 Summer Performance, Celebrating 30 Years – London
★★★✰✰ English National Ballet School is celebrating 30 years since its inception in 1989 – it had just 12 students in that inaugural year. The numbers are ever increasing and there is evidence of significant talents among the graduates this year.
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5 Questions to Iain Mackay, Director of Yorkshire Ballet Seminars
This years Yorkshire Ballet Seminars take place from 13 July to 2 August 2019 – time for a word with Director Iain Mackay about what makes them so special and his plans…
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ROH Young Talent Festival Symposium on Exposure, Access and Opportunity
The Young Talent Festival at London’s Royal Opera House included an important Symposium, hosted by Theresa Ruth Howard, under the title “Exposure, Access and Opportunity: Exploring the Cultural Barriers to Ballet.” Deborah Weiss with a comprehensive report on a stimulating event…
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Dutch National Ballet Junior Company – ROH, Young Talent Festival, Quint bill – London
★★★✰✰ Dutch National Ballet Junior Company at the ROH Young Talent Festival with 5 works – No Time Before Time, Fuse, What Got You Here, Fingers in the Air and In The Future.
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Savion Glover – Lady5 @ Savion Glover’s BaRoQUe’BLaK TaP CaFe – New York
★★★✰✰ Light on tap and heavy on concept, the show is inspired by an imaginary conversation between Glover and Gregg Burge – a multi-talented artist lost too young (23 years ago this 4 July) to brain cancer.
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London Children’s Ballet – Ballet Shoes – London
★★★✰✰ The great achievement of LCB is to mount professional productions, complete with full orchestra, without charging parents for the privilege.
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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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July 18, 2019Olga Pericet – The Thorn That Wanted to Be a Flower, or The Flower That Dreamed of Being a Dancer – London
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July 17, 2019
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July 16, 2019
Mercedes Ruiz, Eduardo Guerrero and María Moreno – Gala Flamenca – London
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July 15, 2019
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July 14, 2019
Royal Ballet School – Holland Park bill (mainly Upper School) – London
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July 13, 2019
Ulrik Birkkjaer and Royal Danish Ballet dancers – Bournonville Legacy bill – New York
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July 11, 2019
Mark Morris Dance Group – Sport, Empire Garden, V – New York
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July 11, 2019
English National Ballet School – 2019 Summer Performance, Celebrating 30 Years – London
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July 9, 2019
Dutch National Ballet Junior Company – ROH, Young Talent Festival, Quint bill – London
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July 8, 2019
Savion Glover – Lady5 @ Savion Glover’s BaRoQUe’BLaK TaP CaFe – New York
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July 10, 20195 Questions to Iain Mackay, Director of Yorkshire Ballet Seminars
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June 12, 2019
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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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July 12, 2019The Bolshoi Ballet in London, Summer 2019 – All you need to know (and more!)
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July 10, 2019
ROH Young Talent Festival Symposium on Exposure, Access and Opportunity
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June 20, 2019
Mari – a film by Georgia Parris, Bobbi Jene Smith and Maxine Doyle
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June 18, 2019
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June 10, 2019
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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
