Scottish Ballet’s Sophie Martin a wonderfully prickly, mischievous Sylph in Matthew Bourne’s Highland Fling
An ultimately powerful, unforgiving tale
Scottish Ballet
British Ballet gives tribute to Kenneth MacMillan
Concerto: as fresh choreographically as the day it was made
Looking to the future: Time in Motion by The National Youth Ballet
Eight short ballets on the loose theme of a journey through time.
A summer evening in the park with The Royal Ballet School
MacMillan’s Concerto: utterly beguiling and quite spine-tingling
Pite, Preljocaj and Scottish Ballet
Pite’s E,mergence is another strong, gorgeously constructed work, brim-full of ideas and images
A Christmas tale well told: Scottish Ballet in Hansel & Gretel
The title characters are a dynamic and infectious pairing that hold together well the ballet’s delights
Ballet leads the way in the National Dance Awards nominations
The nominations for the 17th National Dance Awards (covering the period September 2015-August 2016) are out. Organised by the Dance Section of the Critics Circle, the body of professional dance critics in the UK, they again celebrate the vigour and diversity of Britain’s thriving dance culture. Having said that, ballet featured particularly strongly this year … Read more
Energy, sophistication, execution: Scottish Ballet at the Edinburgh Festival
A phenomenal performance of work by Crystal Pite and Angelin Preljocaj
An outpouring of poetry: David Dawson’s Swan Lake
Sophie Martin is a magical creature with a body that folds and wraps like silk while throbbing with power and strength