Thiago Soares – Royal Ballet Principal, on Onegin
On the eve of opening the latest Royal Ballet season of 'Onegin' Thiago Soares talks about one of his most inspirational roles, and a few other things too...
View ArticleRoyal Ballet – Swan Lake – London
It is somewhat extraordinary that Anthony Dowell’s staging of Swan Lake is almost thirty years old, given the amount of reservations and mixed feelings it still elicits.
View ArticleRoyal Ballet, Royal Opera House – A Gala Celebration: Life Reimagined – London
Both Royal Ballet premieres, one by Kim Brandstrup, the other by Liam Scarlett, were surely keepers, bound to be seen again.
View ArticleRoyal Ballet – Four Temperaments, Untouchable (Shechter premiere), Song of...
It’s a truism that any startlingly new dance-maker without an early elite training will have based his (or her) choreography on their own physique...
View ArticleBBC Young Dancer Award 2015 – Some Thoughts
Days after BBC Young Dancer made its first successful appearance on TV people are still talking about it...
View ArticleThe Royal Ballet – Don Quixote – Washington
At 42, Acosta is still a powerful presence. A much-loved artist around the world, he is undoubtedly one of the greatest male dancers of his generation.
View ArticleThe Royal Ballet – The Dream, Song of the Earth – New York
After an absence of eleven years, the Royal Ballet has finally returned to New York; they’re currently presenting two programs at the Koch Theatre,..
View ArticleThe Royal Ballet – Infra, Divertissements, The Age of Anxiety, The Dream,...
These are dancers worth following in a wide repertory of works; it’s a shame to see them go while feeling we’ve barely gotten to know them better.
View ArticleInterview – Zenaida Yanowsky – Principal, The Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet's Zenaida Yanowsky talks about her long career and also about the joys of working with Carlos Acosta - part of which is appearing with him in 'Cubania' this summer...
View ArticleA Heads-Up on Queensland Ballet, La Sylphide and company director Li Cunxin
Jann Parry on the award winning Peter Schaufuss "La Sylphide", not seen in the UK in decades, and Li Cunxin's Queensland Ballet who are bringing it to London this summer. Includes an interview with...
View ArticleGallery – Carlos Acosta in Tocororo Suite, part of the Cubania bill
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
View ArticleCarlos Acosta – Cubania – London
Like the returning swallow, Acosta has again brought his own promise of summer sunshine to London with his unique brand of Caribbean culture.
View ArticleJosé Manuel Carreño – Artistic director of Silicon Valley Ballet
José Manuel Carreño on being a great Cuban dancer, now director of Silicon Valley Ballet, and the strong relations developing between the USA and Cuba and what that means for ballet.
View ArticleGallery – Carlos Acosta in Diana and Actaeon & Majisimo, part of his A...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
View ArticleCarlos Acosta – A Classical Selection – London
Acosta deserves every moment of his standing ovation...
View Article2015 Dance Memories – London
Lynette Halewood with her personal selection of London dance memories this last year…
View ArticleGallery – Royal Ballet in Will Tuckett’s Elizabeth
With Zenaida Yanowsky and Carlos Acosta in the lead roles. Gallery by Dave Morgan...
View ArticleRoyal Ballet – Elizabeth – London
reciting, along with modern bits of exposition to keep the audience informed of who’s who. Tuckett’s movement language is similarly diverse...
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