Infographic: MacMillan’s Saints and Sinners
With complex characters that challenge performers and audiences alike, choreographer Kenneth MacMillan continues to capture our imagination. And with a ballet season full of favourites…
Highlights
Nutcracker at English National Ballet
ENB’s Nutcracker season is drawing to a close, with the final performances scheduled for this Sunday, 4 January. Last month, we dropped by the…
The Sleeping Beauty
Is this ballet for you? Go If: You love classical ballet complete with fairy tale theme, tiaras, tutus, lavish décors and variations for almost…
Concerto
Is this ballet for you? Go If: Sweeping & romantic Pas de Deux and the Swiss precision of a great corps de ballet are…
New in the Bag
A week of dance movies in San Francisco
Earlier this month, the San Francisco Dance Film Festival celebrated its 10 year anniversary. Featuring full movies and curated collections of short films, the festival…
Revisiting Akram Khan’s Giselle
After a prolonged gap, the first performance in our autumn dance calendar was English National Ballet’s revival of Akram Khan’s Giselle at Sadler’s Wells last…
The Royal Ballet in Los Angeles: Mayerling
This summer, Linda and I pulled a switcheroo with our home companies, seeing that San Francisco Ballet visited London in June, and that The Royal…
San Francisco Ballet in London Roundup
The Royal Ballet is currently on tour in LA, California, which is funny since, just a month ago, we had a Californian company visit…