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Proximity was highlight of the second half. Choreographed and performed by Pett|Clausen-Knight, it is a mature, sophisticated duet
Don Quixote
The Royal Ballet: Don Quixote
You can’t deny it’s a crowd-pleaser. Sunny and warm, full of dancing bullfighters, gypsies and other locals, Don Quixote is real feelgood ballet
The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance
Overall, the modern pieces showcased the dancers’ skill, technique and emotional engagement somewhat better than the classical ones.
The Royal Ballet School at Holland Park
The undoubted highlight of the evening was Robert Battle’s terrific solo, Takademe. Caspar Lench owned the stage…
A picture of war, resilience and hope: United Ukrainian Ballet in Alexei Ratmansky’s Wartime Elegy
Danced to piano and string compositions by Valentin Silvestrov, and traditional folk music, it’s a picture of the people behind the headlines
A celebratory showcase: Ballet Icons Gala
Fifteen pieces, from familiar showpiece pas de deux to less well-known duets and solos… A celebratory showcase for all that is great about dance.
Colour and energy: The Royal Swedish Ballet in Don Quixote
A feast of dance, music and colourful costumes with the added bonus of Madeleine Woo and Dmitry Zagrebin in the roles of Kitri and Basilio
Baroque Counterpoint: Dance@TheGrange
Shobana Jeyasingh’s Clorinda Agonistes is a dramatic tale that weaves dance successfully with opera, live music and design
A sparkling triumph: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Don Quixote
A production… that can rightly be called a triumph… the dance was virtuosic, the speed incendiary and the vitality never flagged
Six female choreographers and a rock ballet
A conversation with New English Ballet Theatre founder and artistic director Karen Pilkington-Miksa about the company’s summer 2022 season.
Dance for Ukraine
A naturally emotion-laden evening, with most of the dance laden with symbolism, as the ballet world came together to raise money for aid for Ukraine