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
Gala fireworks don’t come much brighter than Flames of Paris and the performance from Viola Pantuso and Shale Wagman was a winner
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
Marianela Nuñez’s several-years-later Act III pas de deux with Lukas Bjørneboe Brændsrød’s Prince Gremin was a thing of sublime beauty
Reid Anderson has brought a freshness to the Staatsballett performance and its strong characters as they journey through complicated emotions
Martí Fernández Paixà is a superb Onegin, perhaps ballet’s ultimate romantic villain. He fills the stage, even when just standing in the background
Everything is straight out of the top drawer in the first of two programmes from the festival held in Tokyo in August 2021
22 dances in a fabulous celebration evening
Gets to the heart of every dramatic moment
With guests from Vienna State Ballet and the National Ballet of China