★★✰✰✰ Akram Khan and ENB will bounce back, but it's been a long time since I saw such a clunker of a work on a major company.
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★★★★✰ the company pulled off an uplifting performance with energy and charm.
★★★★✰ For those of us that have been involved with the company, no matter how small a part, it is clear that the ‘happy family’ that is English National Ballet, reveres and appreciates all who have been part of its 70 year existence.
★★★✰✰ Having premiered in 2010, it is now two years’ past the median lifespan of an ENB Nutcracker and – despite many attributes – the show has reached its sell-by date.
★★★★✰ A spectacular show, full of colour, humour and romance...
★★★✰✰ The 2019 winner is London-born Julia Conway and her success was well deserved.
★★★★✰ The entire cast is committed to the MacMillan idea of everyone having their own character and story, and the result is a richly detailed picture of the conflicts between poverty and wealth, love and lust.
With Rina Kanehara and Jeffrey Cirio in the lead roles. Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
★★★★✰ English National Ballet can once more reflect triumphally on another significant success.
★★★★★ "I cannot recall being so moved at a dance performance for a very long time, if ever."
★★★★★ A production that seems destined to become a masterpiece of early 21st Century contemporary ballet.
★★★★✰ Hoffalt brings an elegantly mature intelligence to the part... Laurretta Summerscales will leave a hole in the company when she takes her sabbatical next season...
★★★★★ One cannot help but observe that while the programmes of other companies both hit and miss, in terms of their critical appreciation and popular appeal, ENB is continually raising the bar...
★★★✰✰ Jann Parry with an alternative view and detailed account of the Akram Khan Giselle for English National Ballet...
English National Ballet has been dancing this ever-popular Russian classic in various guises each holiday season for the past 50 years, delighting audiences and inspiring youngsters...
Scarlett has somewhat adapted his No Man’s Land since its first season, down-playing the munitions factory in which the women work...
Of the three Choreographics evenings to date I thought this was the best, with all the pieces feeling buffed-up, thought about and nobody making a huge wrong turn.
English National Ballet Nutcracker London, Coliseum 11 December 2014 Gallery of pictures by Dave Morgan www.ballet.org.uk You know that Christmas is really on its way when you see your first Nutcracker. And for me, it has to be a traditional one, from its classical dancing and scenario to brightly varied costumes and characters. Despite a few quirky moments, English National Ballet’s production...
...in the autumn of their dancing careers Acosta and Rojo put on a stunning display that brought many in the audience to their feet come the end.
All up this was a solid night and a good complement to ENB's 'Lest We Forget' (WW1) bill that was so recently on the main Barbican stage. But I hope that next year they return to a more open choice on what choreographers can do and also concentrate on choreography rather than include musical soiree interludes.