United Kingdom Amy & Carlos REBORN: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 11.3.2025. (JPr)
Amy & Carlos REBORN is a celebratory, heartwarming, dance extravaganza
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Ballet Icons Gala 2025 had much to enjoy from its enterprising blend of classics and new works
United Kingdom Ballet Icons Gala 2025: Soloists, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). London Coliseum, 9.3.2024. (JPr)
Paris Opera Ballet reveal the embarrassment of riches in Nureyev’s The Sleeping Beauty
France Rudolf Nureyev’s The Sleeping Beauty: Paris Opera Ballet, Orchestra of Paris National Opera / Vello Pähn (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 8.3.2025. (JO’D)
Cranko’s choreographic language in his Paris Onegin makes each of the characters vivid
France John Cranko’s Onegin: Dancers of Paris Opera Ballet, Orchestra of the Paris National Opera / Vello Pähn (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 8.2.2025. (JO’D)
A poetic and transcendent performance of Los Angeles Ballet’s Memoryhouse
United States Max Richter (composer), Melissa Barak (choreographer), Memoryhouse: Dancers of Los Angeles Ballet. The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 30,1.2025. (JRo)
Erina Takahashi is bidding farewell as an ENB dancer in their delicate and poignant Giselle
United Kingdom Mary Skeaping’s Giselle: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland(conductor), London Coliseum, 15.1.2025. (JO’D)
Even though the festive season is past, Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker still tastes as sweet
United Kingdom Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker: Dancers of Scottish Ballet, Scottish Ballet Orchestra / Daniel Parkinson (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 8.1.2025. (SRT)
Sky Arts shows the constructive chaos behind English National Ballet’s work-in-progress new Nutcracker
United Kingdom Backstage with English National Ballet (Sky Arts, series directed by Zoë Dobson) & English National Ballet’s Nutcracker (directed for TV by Peter Jones): English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). Filmed at the London Coliseum and first broadcast on Sky Arts on 23.12.2024. (JPr)