Gala de Danza’s London debut
Gala fireworks don’t come much brighter than Flames of Paris and the performance from Viola Pantuso and Shale Wagman was a winner
John Cranko
Gala de Danza, celebrating dance and all the arts comes to London
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
The Royal Ballet: Onegin
Marianela Nuñez’s several-years-later Act III pas de deux with Lukas Bjørneboe Brændsrød’s Prince Gremin was a thing of sublime beauty
Two debuts, two promotions and Cranko’s fine Swan Lake with Stuttgart Ballet
“Freely adapted from traditional versions.” Fine performances from Gabriel Figueredo and Mizuki Amemiya, both promoted at the end of the evening
Emotions in full flow: Henrik Erikson and Mackenzie Brown in Stuttgart Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet
Mackenzie Brown and Henrik Erikson delivered in spades. Brown’s Juliet seemed to surf the waves of emotion that were flooding through her body
A night of the best in ballet: Ballet Icons Gala
New and unfamiliar works rub shoulders with old favourites, with Sergio Bernal’s The Thinker the unexpected highlight of a super evening
After five years, Onegin returns at the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Reid Anderson has brought a freshness to the Staatsballett performance and its strong characters as they journey through complicated emotions
John Cranko School and Stuttgart Ballet: Aktion Weinachten
With all ticket proceeds from which go to the charity, this year’s edition of established favourites and new work was a festive feast of fine dance
John Cranko: in Memoriam
A look at ‘John Cranko: Tanzvisionär’ a new book of interviews with people associated with Cranko; and the 2nd edition of Ashley Killar’s biography
The finest of all narrative ballets? Stuttgart Ballet in John Cranko’s Onegin
Martí Fernández Paixà is a superb Onegin, perhaps ballet’s ultimate romantic villain. He fills the stage, even when just standing in the background
Stuttgart Ballet: Remember Me
A beautiful double bill of John Cranko’s Initials R.B.M.E. and Requiem by his great friend Kenneth MacMillan. It was an evening to savour.