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, Rehearsals, Review June 26, 2013

English National Ballet: Swan Lake in the Round

By Linda

Bringing ballet to larger audiences and reaching out to people who are either unfamiliar or have pre-conceived ideas about the art form has been the…

Review September 25, 2012

San Francisco Ballet in London

By Linda

“Attack it! Attack it!” says fictional AD Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) to young dancer Nina Sayers in Black Swan. No doubt he would have…

Dancers, Opinion August 6, 2012

Go For Fouetté Gold

By Linda

The London 2012 Olympics are in full-throttle and we’re currently glued to the TV watching athletes going faster, higher and stronger. Even though in…

Ballet Companies, Review July 19, 2012

New English Ballet Theatre: Synergies

By Linda

New English Ballet Theatre or NEBT is the brainchild of Karen Pilkington-Miksa. This young company works as a pick-up troupe, hiring dancers for a…