Linda

Her favourite ballets feel like good books – one can see them 1,000 times and they always feel fresh. Linda loves Giselle, all full-length MacMillan plus Song of the Earth, Robbins’s Dances at a Gathering, Balanchine’s Serenade and Agon, Ashton’s Scènes de Ballet and Symphonic Variations.

Ballet Around the World, Behind Ballet, Social Media February 25, 2016

Five Fab dance Instagrammers

By Linda

If you are active on social media, then you already know that ballet on Instagram has become HUUUUGE. Dancers, dance students, photographers, creatives, audience…

Irina Kolesnikova and Artists of SPBT in Swan Lake - Photo: © SPTB

Review August 28, 2015

The Irina show: Swan Lake at SPBT

By Linda

As if the lacklustre British summer wasn’t enough, this year London audiences also had to contend with a limited dance menu. In the absence of the Mariinsky and…

Artists of English National Ballet in Swan Lake.

Review January 26, 2015

English National Ballet: Swan Lake at the Coliseum

By Linda

To kick off London’s 2015 ballet season, English National Ballet brought its production of Swan Lake back to the Coliseum. Nowadays, it is not surprising to find…

Ballet, Ballet Companies, Ballet History, Choreographers, Review October 29, 2014

Birmingham Royal Ballet in London: Shadows of War

By Linda

Mixed bills are very appealing to regular ballet-goers: they provide the chance to see a wide variety of pieces, often pairing new work with rarities, and they showcase the full…