London City Ballet 2025: Chris Marney in conversation
London City Ballet’s ‘Momentum’ 2025 UK tour gets underway on July 12. Artistic director Chris Marney talks about this year’s programme
London City Ballet’s ‘Momentum’ 2025 UK tour gets underway on July 12. Artistic director Chris Marney talks about this year’s programme
Gala fireworks don’t come much brighter than Flames of Paris and the performance from Viola Pantuso and Shale Wagman was a winner
The programme of four well-chosen works by director, José Martinez, showed a company of versatile young professionals.
A well-curated programme that showcased the dancers’ skills well, culminating in Jerome Robbins’ American classic, Interplay
June 25 and 26 sees the first London edition of Gala de Danza. David Mead looks ahead to the event with founder and producer Christina Lyon
World premieres by Wayne McGregor, Cathy Marston, Akram Khan, León-Lightfoot, and a first Royal Ballet presentation by NYCB’s Justin Peck
The company are set to perform works by Martha Graham and Crystal Pite, a new ballet by Kameron N. Saunders, and some old favourites
The return of Black Sabbath – The Ballet and Don Quixote, and of The Green Table in a fabulous triple bill, plus a gala for Sir Peter Wright
Concerto DSCH… is a perfect closing number. A quite delicious, sensual central pas de deux is bookended by jaunty, fun and upbeat movements.
A triple-bill of Balanchine’s Serenade, Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, and the new Strangelove by Andonis Foniadakis
While the company has always projected a sense of excitement and even danger… alas, little was evident in this quadruple bill.