This Sleeping Beauty is not flawless. But the production’s strengths are considerable: the splendour of its costumes, the sweep of the music, the scale of the occasion, and above all Emma Hawes’ luminous Aurora.
Nothing says Christmas more than a performance of The Nutcracker, and Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Royal Albert Hall production does not disappoint.
Sangeun Lee had emotion in spades, her sharp-edged Odile contrasting starkly with her soft, sad, Odette
Love of the pure, optimistic kind does matter in Christopher Wheeldon’s production. There is, in fact, not just one love story, but two…
A Nutcracker that provides all that is expected in an entertaining evening that left the audience very happy.
Beautifully reimagined
David Bintley puts a new perspective on an old favourite
