Dances of life: Bundesjugendballett
The ensemble of eight graduate dancers aged 18-23… brims with talent… a fabulous evening, one filled with energy, passion and fine dancing.
John Neumeier
The Dance Locker: Alina Cojocaru
In the first of an occasional new series, Alina Cojocaru chooses seven works that have particular significance for her, saying a few words about each.
Legend and Legacy: a gala tribute to Rudolf Nureyev
As good as the gala is, dance and dancers have moved on. To really understand Nureyev, time spent with DVDs and YouTube would be well rewarded
A memorable evening in Hamburg: Nijinsky Gala XLVII
A long evening with some of the best dance on the planet and memorable performances
Yondering into the future: The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance 2022
It was a super afternoon, but you really do have to pinch yourself to remind yourself that they are all still in their late-teens
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
Béjart’s spellbinding Les Chaises headlines Programme B of the 16th World Ballet Festival on demand
The most interesting work without doubt is Béjart’s Les Chaises. Gil Roman is a fine actor while Alessandra Ferri is the powerful presence you would expect
The 16th World Ballet Festival on demand
Everything is straight out of the top drawer in the first of two programmes from the festival held in Tokyo in August 2021
Coming to cinemas, a ballet to take the breath away: Bolshoi Ballet in Lady of the Camellias
Coming next in the Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema season is John Neumeier’s Lady of the Camellias. Charlotte Kasner takes a look. The seeds of John Neumeier’s Lady of the Camellias were sown when Marcia Haydeé commissioned him to produce a work for Stuttgart Ballet. Initially he planned a production of Cleopatra but changed his mind … Read more
Hamburg Ballett in John Neumeier’s Ghost Light: A Ballet in the Time of Corona
Finely crafted episodes…a tribute to Neumeier’s mastery
John Neumeier creates Ghost Light, a new ballet respecting social distancing
A sequence of carefully arranged, hopefully ‘delicious’ miniatures