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, 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…

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…