United Kingdom The Legends in Vegas: After Hours: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 16.10.2026. (JPr)
The Legends do it their way in Vegas: After Hours at the Cliffs Pavilion
Ballet and Dance Reviews
All ballet reviews
(P)review of Scottish Ballet and Forest of Black’s These Violent Delights in cinemas soon
United Kingdom These Violent Delights – ‘O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?’ ***
Spring Snow: A Kabuki Winterreise at Wigmore Hall was an unforgettable evening
United Kingdom Spring Snow: A Kabuki Winterreise: Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano), Suleiman Suleiman (dancer), Jong Sun Woo (piano), Hibiki Ichikawa (shamisen/shinobue), Sonoko Kamimura-Ostern (choreography), Lifeng Liao (costume and lighting designer), Misa Koide, Sophie Daneman (movement directors). Wigmore Hall, 11.10.2026. (CC)
(P)review of ENB’s The Sleeping Beauty film: ideal viewing for those new to ballet
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty: Soloists, Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). Filmed (directed by Ross MacGibbon) at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 28 June 2025 and available in UK cinemas from 13.9.2026. (JPr) ***
Names on the roster of the twelfth Ballet Nights were, as usual, names to conjure with
United Kingdom Ballet Nights 012: 3rd Birthday Programme: Cadogan Hall, London, 28.9.2026. (JO’D)
English National Ballet’s triple bill of dance at Sadler’s Wells is ‘rhythm itself’
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Rhythm Riot (choreography by George Balanchine, Jae Man Joo and Micaela Taylor): Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). Sadler’s Wells, London, 24.9.2026. (JO’D)
Hugo Marchand leads a stellar troupe of dancers from Paris Opera Ballet in Los Angeles
United States ‘BalletNOW, Superstars of Paris’: Dancers of Paris Opera Ballet, Elena Bonnay (piano), Julie Sévilla-Fraysse (cello). Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 1.8.2026. (JRo)
Sofia Ballet’s exhilarating performance of Zorba the Greek is backed by world-class dancing
Bulgaria Theodorakis, Zorba the Greek: Soloists, Corps de ballet of Sofia Opera and Ballet. ‘Muses on the Water’, Pancherovo Lake, Sofia, 16.7.2026. (GT)
