Lynette Halewood with her personal selection of London dance memories this last year...
Tag - English National Ballet
While some of the views expressed may not chime with your own, the fascination of this book is to understand how contentious maintaining and developing ballet as vibrant theatre often is.
Despite the frequency with which the work is performed, the company manage to retain a warmth and freshness in their presentation of it.
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
The Royal Ballet’s autumn season triple bill offered very different ways of presenting bodies in space: anatomical studies in an architectural limbo (Chroma); flying figures in constant flux (The Human Seasons); a tribal community following ritual patterns (The Rite of Spring).
A first night of superlatives and Tamara Rojo's done the country (not just London) a terrific service in her first full-evening commission. You'd be daft to miss Le Corsaire as it tours the UK. Bravo all.
Gallery by Dave Morgan...
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!
English National Ballet is encouraging people in the UK to join in with International Pirate Day*, the annual event held on September 19... and herald the arrival of the pirate ballet Le Corsaire.
Principal Casting Announced for English National Ballet’s new production of Le Corsaire
The Tribute bill is a well-chosen one... The season has been so short that the dancers haven’t had time to grow into their roles. They look as though they’re remembering instructions rather than relishing the ballets.
20 pictures by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
20 pictures by Dave Morgan...
Graham Watts was at the Palais Des Congres for us to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Rudolf Nureyev's birth...
Alina Cojocaru, one of the world’s greatest ballerinas, is to join English National Ballet.
The pleasure lies in the quality of dancing rather than interpretation. Petit was an expert at animating a stage, a musical-theatre choreographer who delivered what audiences expected...
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Christopher Powney to the new post of Artistic Director Designate. Christopher will take up his position in April 2014.
Nijinsky's 'Jeux', like 'Rite', is in its centenary year - lesser known it may be but Archer & Hodson give fascinating detail on its creation and the thought that went into putting on, at UNCSA, their reconstructed version earlier this year.
David Wall, member of The Royal Ballet and English National Ballet, sadly died on 18 June 2013 - he was 67.
Derek Deane created a winner that always seems to sell well and which people, including me, don't grow tired of. But fill your boots this year - next year "Romeo and Juliet" returns as the ENB/RAH blockbuster