Lynette Halewood with her personal selection of London dance memories this last year...
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Gallery by Dave Morgan...
5 Questions to Northern Ballet's Hannah Bateman on dancing in something very different from normal - Hans van Manen's Concertante and working with the man himself...
The 12th International Ballet Festival - Dance Open - was held over 4 days in St Petersburg. Margaret Willis (our Ms Expressivity) was there to report on much ballet and not a little award giving...
The festival was as intensive as ever, with three performances running on seven days, four on one day, some concurrently. The range and quality of dance overall was impressive.
Firebird: To Williamson’s credit, the action, though baffling, never palls. He knows how to deploy a diverse cast, using an interesting vocabulary of classical ballet steps and partnering. He’s obviously fired up his dancers to commit themselves to their roles, flaunting their glitzy costumes with panache. But it’s a muddled piece, overpowered by Stravinsky’s myth-making music.
Press statement Monday 20 February 2012 English National Ballet announced today that Artistic Director Wayne Eagling will step down at the end of the season on 11 August 2012 as the Company’s Artistic Director. During a tenure of what will be nearly seven years as Artistic Director at English National Ballet, Wayne has developed and enhanced the Company’s artistic standards and...