Paris Opera Ballet: Don Quixote
Ines McIntosh carried the performance… She never faltered, blending French elegance with something rarer on the Parisian stage: fire
Rudolf Nureyev
A celebratory showcase: Ballet Icons Gala
Fifteen pieces, from familiar showpiece pas de deux to less well-known duets and solos… A celebratory showcase for all that is great about dance.
Celebrating male dance: Men In Motion
A largely enjoyable affair, Ivan Putrov must be congratulated for pulling everything together. Here’s to another ten years.
Colour and energy: The Royal Swedish Ballet in Don Quixote
A feast of dance, music and colourful costumes with the added bonus of Madeleine Woo and Dmitry Zagrebin in the roles of Kitri and Basilio
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
Ballet du Capitole Toulouse: In the Footsteps of Nureyev
Eighty minutes of stylish, sophisticated, elegant choreography
Dancing as if their souls agree: Dorothée Gilbert and Hugo Marchand soar in the Paris Opera Ballet’s Swan Lake
Gilbert’s Odette is a masterful blend of authority and vulnerability
First sighting of The White Crow, Ralph Fiennes’ new film about Rudolf Nureyev’s defection to the West
The first images released from the forthcoming new film