Royal Ballet – Mayerling (Bonelli, Morera) – London
★★★★✰ The partnership in Mayerling between Morera and Bonelli is a fine example of how experience can illumine the nuances of a dramatic ballet.
5 Questions to Emma Maguire, RB Soloist, about the Ann Maguire Gala and Charity
We talk to Emma Maguire about the Gala that honours the life of her mum, Ann Maguire, and this year takes place at the Leeds Grand Theatre on 3 September. The proceeds go to support the Ann Maguire Arts Education Fund – inspiring young people through the arts…
Royal Ballet – Sleeping Beauty – London
★★★★✰ The grand pas de deux was the triumphant highlight of the fairytale festivities. Hay expressed the prince’s pride and pleasure in his variations; Takada was demure and regal in hers…
The Royal Ballet’s Gary Avis & Friends – Dance for Suffolk
Led by Gary Avis and a Royal Ballet all-star cast, the company will perform an especially created programme of Royal Ballet classics, hosted by BBC Strictly Come Dancing’s Anton du Beke.
2015 Dance Memories – London
Lynette Halewood with her personal selection of London dance memories this last year…
Royal Ballet – Monotones I & II, The Two Pigeons – London
Monotones II: Audiences are now accustomed to the manic acrobatic contortions of modern choreography, so it is rewarding to see the rigour with which the three performers (Marianela Nunez, Valeri Hristov and Edward Watson) control their elasticity.
Royal Ballet – Afternoon of a Faun, In the Night, Song of the Earth – London
The final triple bill of the Royal Ballet’s season reverts to its founder’s faith in classical ballet as an expressive language.
Royal Ballet – Ashton quad bill – London
Jann Parry reviews Scènes de ballet, Five Brahms Waltzes, Symphonic Variations and A Month in the Country…
Royal Ballet – Mayerling – Kobborg/Cojocaru farewell performances – London
Johan Kobborg and Alina Cojocaru said farewell to the Royal Ballet in Mayerling. Jann Parry was there for an emotional night, flower throw and standing ovation…
Royal Ballet – Mayerling – London
Watson’s Rudolf is at the end of his tether: sex is a drug, suicide his only release. …This formidable cast will be seen in a live cinema screening from the Royal Opera House on 13 June.
Royal Ballet – Ashton Bill including Marguerite & Armand with Rojo and Polunin – London
But it was Rojo who really surprised me, with the most emotionally open performance I’ve ever seen from her. …a swansong, indeed: what a way to go!
Ashanti Charity Gala with New Works & Dancers from RB and ENB – 30 September 2012
A Dream of Africa 2012 Gala, Sunday September 30th 2012 @ 7.30 at the Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Rd, London SW7 2BS
Royal Ballet – Birthday Offering, A Month in the Country, Les Noces – London
It is a fine selection which illustrates the variety of the Royal’s heritage works, which must beg the question how well are they are danced now…
An Intimate Evening with Anna Pavlova – London
The compere of the evening was Anthony Dowell, in fine voice. He spoke the narration, enacted several of the characters and gallantly danced the ‘Fred step’ from Pavlova’s ‘Gavotte’ with Ursula Hageli as Anna.
Royal Ballet – Polyphonia, Sweet Violets, Carbon Life – London
‘Sweet Violets’, though over-ambitious, is the best stab at a psychologically complex narrative ballet the company has commissioned for years.
