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.

English National Ballet's Coppelia rehearsal

Rehearsals, Review July 30, 2014

Coppélia at ENB

By Linda

At the end of a season filled with dramatic ballets like Romeo and Juliet, and angst-inducing abstract pieces where the dancers seemed to be…

Rehearsals June 19, 2014

Romeo and Juliet at ENB

By Linda

Having seen a new Romeo and Juliet less than a month ago (Scottish Ballet’s minimalist production), I found myself in the presence of yet…

Review May 26, 2014

Scottish Ballet in London: Romeo and Juliet

By Linda

Along with Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet is always part of a major ballet company’s core repertory. Prokofiev’s…

Review, What's coming January 3, 2014

English National Ballet: The Nutcracker & Le Corsaire

By Linda

A little under two years ago, English National Ballet seemed a stagnant company: not only had Wayne Eagling suddenly departed as Artistic Director, but…