Scottish Ballet – Cinderella – Edinburgh
★★★★✰ The cast I saw at the first performance of this year’s Christmas touring season were the best (Ugly) Step-Sisters I’ve ever seen – take a bow Constance Devernay and Aisling Brangan.
Christopher Hampson, Scottish Ballet’s Director, on celebrating the companies 50th anniversary in 2019 & future plans
Scottish Ballet have just announced plans for their Fiftieth Anniversary in 2019, including three world premieres – we have the full press release and touch-base with CEO/Artistic Director Christopher Hampson about the celebrations and what happens beyond…
Scottish Ballet – Highland Fling – Lerwick
★★★★★ What Scottish Ballet wanted to do was take the full experience out to the Highlands and Islands. So the good folks in Lerwick (capital of the Shetland Isles, population 7,500) saw was the same show they got in Edinburgh and Glasgow…
Scottish Ballet – The Nutcracker – Edinburgh
★★★★✰ A charming, uplifting ballet that truly sets the scene for Christmas. A large part of the heart-warming effect was Darrell’s decision to populate the stage with children…
2017 National Dance Awards – Announcement of Nominations
The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is pleased to announce the nominations for the 18th National Dance Awards…
Scottish Ballet – The Fairy’s Kiss, The Rite of Spring – Glasgow
★★★★✰ Absolutely fascinating… Scottish Ballet should feel very proud of celebrating MacMillan in such a thoughtful way…
Scottish Ballet – Sinfonietta Giocosa, Motion of Displacement, Ten Poems – New York
★★★★✰ Scottish Ballet came ready to impress, and impress it did.
Scottish Ballet – Emergence, Sibilo, Drawn to Drone – Glasgow
★★★★★ It’s perhaps a term too often used, but “It doesn’t get better than this” is what came immediately to mind at the end.
Scottish Ballet – Swan Lake (Dawson premiere) – Glasgow
★★★✰✰ Sophie Martin’s Odette/Odille, despite the costume, steals the show with layers of dramatic nuance on top of the pushed lines of Dawson’s steps.
Scottish Ballet – Cinderella – Inverness
★★★★✰ DanceTabs reviewed the Scottish Ballet premiere of Cinderella and now we catch up with the last show of the season – which also happened to be Eve Mutso’s last performance with the company.
Scottish Ballet – Cinderella – Edinburgh
Scottish Ballet are touring Christopher Hampson’s “Cinderella” this Christmas – Graham Watts was at the European premiere in Edinburgh for DanceTabs…
Scottish Ballet – Maze, Motion of Displacement, Elsa Canasta – Glasgow
Scottish Ballet’s autumn bill is an uplifting affair with everything on it new to the company…
Scottish Ballet – The Nutcracker – Edinburgh
… what a Nutcracker Scottish Ballet now have – focused on the joy of children, the delight of dance and the wonder of magic and great design.
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Ballet at the Hong Kong Arts Festival 2014: La Scala Ballet in Giselle & Scottish Ballet in Highland Fling
The Festival kicked off with two classical ballet companies presenting very different versions of the oldest and most celebrated Romantic ballets in the repertoire: a classic rendering of Giselle and a radically different take on La Sylphide…
Scottish Ballet – The Rite of Spring, Elite Syncopations – Glasgow
An imaginatively contrasting double-bill, it pulled in audiences and left them buzzing.
Dance Odysseys at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival – 4 days of total dance immersion with Scottish Ballet and others…
Dance Odysseys at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival with reviews on 20 dance works by Scottish Ballet, Scottish Dance Theatre, Gelabert Azzopardi Companyia de Dansa, James Cousins and Rosie Kay. Also thoughts on 4 rare films and links to much video material and many other reviews. It’s big!
Scottish Ballet – Highland Fling – Glasgow
A hit with me and I’m so glad it’s a great success in the company’s home and a great calling card for touring. It’s a particularly useful broadening of Scottish Ballet’s repertoire.
