Comments on: In Bloom

By: The Royal Ballet - Manon - Review

The Royal Ballet - Manon - Review — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:33:56 +0000

[...] heroine. The most straightforward is to assume Manon doesn’t really love Des Grieux. But, as Leanne Benjamin showed last Thursday, experienced dancers can pull some grey from the blacks and whites in order to [...]

By: OK Computer « The Ballet Bag

OK Computer « The Ballet Bag — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:48:16 +0000

[...] Artistic Director. It featured four lead dancers (Edward Watson, Ivan Putrov, Jaimie Tapper and Leanne Benjamin). Its highlight was a “sensorial” pas de deux for Watson and Benjamin which would later be used [...]

By: Life in Technicolor « The Ballet Bag

Life in Technicolor « The Ballet Bag — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:00:27 +0000

[...] featuring four dancing doubles of the opera characters, as performed by Steven McRae, Gary Avis, Leanne Benjamin and Johannes Stepanek. (This 2006 production is available on [...]

By: Go With The Flow « The Ballet Bag

Go With The Flow « The Ballet Bag — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:17:54 +0000

[...] ballet were expanded on, particularly the solo sections for razor sharp Rory Hohenstein and sparkly Leanne Benjamin, on the whole this is a piece that makes a long trip to Sadler’s Wells on a wintry evening [...]

By: Morphoses « The Ballet Bag

Morphoses « The Ballet Bag — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:18:58 +0000

[...] Angle, Alexandra Ansanelli, Leanne Benjamin, Hélène Bouchet, Ashley Bouder, Darcey Bussell, Batkhurel Bold, Thiago Bordin, Alina Cojocaru, [...]

By: Birmingham Royal Ballet « The Ballet Bag

Birmingham Royal Ballet « The Ballet Bag — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:54:20 +0000

[...] Many well known Royal Ballet names began their careers with the BRB: from Nadia Nerina and Lynn Seymour to Darcey Bussell, Miyako Yoshida and Leanne Benjamin. [...]