A sunny evening with Birmingham Royal Ballet’s La Fille mal gardée
Fine, bright, happy dancing, great characterisations, Osbert Lancaster’s brilliantly sunny designs. Even a super-cute pony. A real heart-warming evening.
Birmingham & Midlands
Romeo and Juliet comes home: Northern Ballet at Stratford-upon-Avon
Ballet returns to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre with Romeo and Juliet. “It’s fabulous to see it again and its Northern Ballet at their best.”
National Youth Ballet: Evolving Visions
A happy couple of hours in the company of some very talented young dancers, whose joy and enthusiasm reached across the footlights.
Flying high: London City Ballet in Resurgence
High standards and diverse repertory, including the much awaited revival of Kenneth MacMillan’s Ballade, and Arielle Smith’s new Five Dances
A Night at the Museum with Birmingham Royal Ballet
The highlight was Olivia Chang-Clarke’s new Melody in Three. While classical through and through, dotted throughout are quirky moments that make you smile
GradPro Showcase 2024
It was no surprise when Ellyne Knol, presently finishing her studies at The Conservatoire in The Hague, took the top Gail Monahan Award
BRB2: Carlos Acosta’s Classical Selection
If this Saturday matinée at a sold out Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham is anything to go by, BRB2 are well worth catching again
Carlos Acosta: On Before
Acosta remains a fantastic partner and performer. The equally mesmerising Laura Rodríguez comfortably matches him for presence.
Bhangra Nation: a joyous celebration of music, dance and who we are
Super entertainment. It’s effervescent, the music and dance infectious, the characters relatable to. A tour is surely only a matter of time.
Varna International Ballet’s Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty
What a wonderfully beguiling Odile Martina Prefetto offered. Here was a real temptress, casting her spell, snaring her prey
Birmingham Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
Yu Kurihara’s Aurora is light, elegant and comes with a smile that lights up the whole theatre.