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.

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…

Ballet Around the World, Review, The Ballet Bag Elsewhere August 6, 2014

San Francisco Ballet in Paris

By Linda

San Francisco Ballet and New York City Ballet are two world-class companies notable for continuing to focus on mixed programmes. New pieces enter the repertory every…

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…