Russian State Ballet of Siberia: Swan Lake
Highlight was Elena Svinko’s quite outstanding Odette/Odile. Framed by the severe faces of her swans, she was a shining jewel and quite sublime
Swan Lake
Birmingham Royal Ballet 2022-2023 plans
Includes the UK premiere of Uwe Scholz’s best creations, his dramatic setting of Beethoven’s vibrant Seventh Symphony alongside world premieres and revivals
Béjart’s spellbinding Les Chaises headlines Programme B of the 16th World Ballet Festival on demand
The most interesting work without doubt is Béjart’s Les Chaises. Gil Roman is a fine actor while Alessandra Ferri is the powerful presence you would expect
A splendid celebration: Ballet Icons Gala 2021
An evening of classical and contemporary new works and gala favourites performed by leading artists from around the world
New views of a classic: Swan Lakes by Gauthier Dance
No flocks of white swans and definitely no tutus as Hofesh Shechter, Cayetano Soto and Marco Goecke look at the classic in their own unique style
Joy Womack: The White Swan
It’s a courageous film, one that presents a very honest, warts and all view of its subject: darkness as well as light, black swan as well as white swan
School of Ballet Theatre UK in Swan Lake
The School of BTUK not only go classical for their end-of-year streaming, but for Swan Lake, in full
A summer special: English National Ballet’s Solstice
A little early maybe, but ENB’s Solstice at the Southbank proved a delicious smorgasbord of dance
San Francisco Ballet in Swan Lake
OnlineMay 21, 2021 Charlotte Kasner What has been a hugely pleasurable digital season from San Francisco Ballet came to a close with Helgi Tomasson’s 2009 production of Swan Lake, his second for the company. His robust re-telling is well suited to modern sentiments: after all we are all familiar with women suffering coercive control (if … Read more
Polish National Ballet in an often dramatic New Year Gala
Including two excerpts from Pastor’s elegant Swan Lake
