United States Salem, Ochoa, Doña Perón: Dancers of Ballet Hispánico / Ahmed Alon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 14.7.2024. (JRo)
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Nicoletta Manni and Reece Clarke excel in MacMillan’s L’histoire de Manon at Milan’s La Scala
Italy Kenneth MacMillan’s L’histoire de Manon: Dancers and Orchestra of La Scala Theatre Ballet / Paul Connelly (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Stefania Grimaldi) from La Scala, Milan, 8.7.2024. (JPr)
Vienna State Opera’s Nureyev Gala rekindles memories of the legendary dancer and choreographer
Austria Vienna State Opera’s Nureyev Gala: Dancers of Vienna State Ballet and guests, Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Wolfgang Heinz (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Balázs Delbó) from the Vienna State Opera, 29.6.2024. (JPr)
A summer Ballet Nights was characteristically eclectic
United Kingdom Ballet Nights: Jamiel Devernay Laurence (compère). Lanterns Studio Theatre, London, 29.6.2024. (JO’D)
A collective sense of joy in movement from talented dancers from English and Norwegian companies
United Kingdom Next Generation Festival – New English Ballet Theatre/Norwegian National Ballet 2: Linbury Theatre, Covent Garden, London, 15.6.2024. (JO’D)
The Sarasota Ballet at the Linbury Theatre are preserving Sir Frederick Ashton’s rich legacy
United Kingdom Sarasota Ballet’s Valses nobles et sentimentales / Divertissements / Façade: Dancers of Sarasota Ballet. Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre, London, 6.6.2024. (JO’D)
Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale is a ballet for all seasons and was exceptionally danced
United Kingdom Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 22.5.2024. (JPr)
Dancing with Leonard Cohen: Ballets Jazz Montréal in Beverly Hills
United States Ballets Jazz Montréal’s Dance Me – Music by Leonard Cohen: Andonis Foniadakis, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Ihsan Rustem (choreographers), Ballets Jazz Montréal. The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 10.5.2024. (JRo)