New English Ballet Theatre: Cycles of Loss and Love
It was apposite to present this programme close to Remembrance weekend when we recall the human loss suffered through the madness of war.
It was apposite to present this programme close to Remembrance weekend when we recall the human loss suffered through the madness of war.
Shobana Jeyasingh’s Clorinda Agonistes is a dramatic tale that weaves dance successfully with opera, live music and design
The company look in fine fettle. It was an evening that ran from emotionally intense and thoughtful to fizzling like the best English sparkling wine
A conversation with New English Ballet Theatre founder and artistic director Karen Pilkington-Miksa about the company’s summer 2022 season.
Online October 15, 2020 Charlotte Kasner How apposite that New English Ballet’s film of Wayne Eagling’s Remembrance has been released now. No one who saw the production in its initial run in 2018 could have imagined that it would be impossible to repeat the performance live two years on. Today, in the midst of a … Read more
NEBT artistic director Karen Pilkington Miksa, on the ballet, the present situation, and future plans
A look at the relationship between Marie Rambert and Ashley Dukes
Peacock Theatre, London November 9, 2016 Charlotte Kasner It may seem like an odd choice to open a programme with a piece about falling asleep but Marcelino Sambé’s Land of Nod piques the interest throughout. He sets some fiendish choreography for his dancers and the combination of music by Nathan Halpern and Yann Tiersen, and … Read more
When the invitation dropped into the Inbox, it was impossible to turn down…