Alice Pennefather’s latest rehearsal gallery covers the Royal Ballet’s revival of MacMillan’s Mayerling. The production returns next week with the first outing – this run – of Carlos Acosta & Leanne Benjamin, with the last performances marking the retirement of two MacMillan greats: Mara Galeazzi (13 June, relayed on BP Big screens) and Leanne herself (15 [...]
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Taken during the Royal Ballet’s current revival of La Bayadère, Alice Pennefather’s latest photo gallery shows Hikaru Kobayashi as Nikiya, Nehemiah Kish as Solor and Yuhui Choe as Gamzatti. (Click on thumbnails to enlarge & see as slideshow) All Photos: © Alice Pennefather, courtesy of ROH About Alice Pennefather: With a twin brother flying high as [...]
With Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland about to close its third successful run at the Royal Opera House, we feature below Alice Pennefather’s second gallery set dedicated to Wheeldon’s colourful ballet, including snaps of leads Beatriz Stix-Brunell and Rupert Pennefather in the studio: (Click on thumbnails to enlarge & see as slideshow) All Photos: © Alice Pennefather, [...]
Here are some wonderful images taken last month by Alice Pennefather of Tamara Rojo & Sergei Polunin’s guest performances with the Royal Ballet in Marguerite & Armand. Part of an all-Ashton bill, this was a special revival which marked Rojo’s goodbye from the Covent Garden stage. (Click on thumbnails to enlarge & see as slideshow) [...]
It seems Onegin fever really hit London this winter: in addition to Cranko’s ballet, the opera is being staged at the ROH in a new version by Kasper Holten, while Brazilian choreographer Deborah Colker presents her contemporary dance take on the story, Tatyana, at the Barbican (till this Saturday). Before the Cranko version sees its [...]
The awesome Alice Pennefather shares with us her latest batch of images, taken at the general rehearsal for the Royal Ballet’s most recent triple bill, which marked principal dancer – and new mom! – Mara Galeazzi‘s return to the stage. (Click on thumbnails to enlarge & see as slideshow) All Photos: © Alice Pennefather, courtesy [...]
