The Royal Ballet: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
The opening performance was a triumph for Viola Pantuso in the title role. She felt real. Alert and bright-eyed… always gentle and courteous
The Royal Opera House
ZooNation: The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
The narrative itself is thin. But who cares when the characterisation is so good, the dancing so terrific, and the energy levels so stratospheric.
English National Ballet School annual performance
The third year’s classical work was Les Patineurs (1937), and then Pina Bausch’s Tannhăuser Bacchanal (1972), a fascinating piece of dance history
The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance
The standard was uniformly high although, as in the past couple of years, it was the men, who got two pieces all to themselves, who thrilled
Dances of life: Bundesjugendballett
The ensemble of eight graduate dancers aged 18-23… brims with talent… a fabulous evening, one filled with energy, passion and fine dancing.
New English Ballet Theatre & Norwegian National Ballet 2
A wonderfully varied, enjoyable evening that mixed out-and-out classical ballet with contemporary dance, although Oslo-based NNB2 had the edge
Ashton Celebrated at The Royal Ballet
The evening rounded off on a high with Rhapsody… Daichi Ikarashi did well, leaping and turning with aplomb
Sarasota Ballet brings Ashton home
The dancers gave generously, obviously enjoying their first time at the Royal Opera House
Kate Prince and ZooNation’s Message in a Bottle comes to the big screen
The ‘Message’ is going wider. Sadler’s Wells team up with the Royal Opera House and Universal Pictures to release the hit show on film.
The Dance Locker: Melissa Hamilton
In the latest of our occasional series, Melissa Hamilton opens her dance locker, revealing a special moments and ballets from her career to date.
The Royal Ballet: The Winter’s Tale
Like fine wine it’s enhanced with age, finding pole position as a heavyweight, dramatic ballet set to Joby Talbot’s music