John O'Dwyer

Frederick Ashton’s poetic view of Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Royal Ballet – Enigma Variations: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Pavel Sorokin (conductor). Filmed on 5.11.2019 (directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon), now streamed and available to watch (click here) until 3.1.2021. (JO’D)

Bennet Gartside (A.J. Jaeger), Laura Morera (The Lady Elgar),
and Christopher Saunders (Edward Elgar) (c) Tristram Kenton

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Dancers take second place to the visual effects in ENB at Home’s five short ballet films

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom English National Ballet’s Digital Season: Five films released for rental via Ballet on Demand (click here), part of the company’s new video platform, ENB at Home, between 23 November and 21 December. (JO’D)

James Streeter and Jeffrey Cirio in Laid in Earth

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Simply the dance: highlight after highlight from The Royal Ballet: Live – Within the Golden Hour

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Royal Ballet: Live – Within the Golden Hour: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Jonathan Lo (conductor). Live-streamed from The Royal Opera House, London, 13.11.2020 (JO’D)

Monotones II – Nicol Edmonds, Melissa Hamilton, and Reece Clarke

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Birmingham Royal Ballet’s life-affirming Lazuli Sky is the highlight of their new mixed bill

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Birmingham Royal Ballet – Lazuli Sky Mixed Bill: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Philip Ellis and Paul Murphy (conductors). A digital broadcast available from 1.11.2020 filmed at Birmingham Repertory Theatre. (JO’D)

Will Tuckett’s Lazuli Sky (c) Johan Persson

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New English Ballet Theatre’s emotional Remembrance acts as a reminder of different times

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom New English Ballet Theatre’s Remembrance: filmed at Peacock Theatre, London, and premiered on YouTube on 15.10.2020. (JO’D)

Alessia Lugoboni (Marie Rambert) & Alexander Nuttall (Ashley Dukes)
(c) Deborah Jaffe

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Though all competing were winners, the exceptionally musical Ivana Bueno is ENB’s 2020 Emerging Dancer

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom English National Ballet Emerging Dancer 2020: Finalists, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Graham Sutherland (conductor). Presented by Ore Oduba and live-streamed from City Island, East London, 22.9.2020. (JO’D)

Ivana Bueno, Carolyne Galvao, Miguel Angel Maidana, Victor Prigent,
Emily Suzuki & William Yamada © Karolina Kuras

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Dancers past and present catch the eye in Birmingham Royal Ballet’s magical 2010 Cinderella

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Home from Home – Cinderella: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor). 2010 performance from the Birmingham Hippodrome reviewed as a live stream on 25.8.2020. (JO’D)

Elisha Willis (Cinderella) and Artists of BRB (c) Bill Cooper

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