Ballet and Dance Reviews – Page 2 – Seen and Heard International

Matthew Ball’s Prince Florimund was the revelation of The Royal Ballet’s ‘signature’ The Sleeping Beauty

25/05/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Students of The Royal Ballet School, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Orchestra / Jonathan Lo (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, (introduced by Dame Darcey Bussell and Petroc Trelawny) to Cineworld Basildon, Essex. 25.5.2023. (JPr)

Matthew Ball (Prince Florimund) and Yasmine Naghdi (Princess Aurora) © Bill Cooper

Down the rabbit hole in Los Angeles with Momix’s astonishing Alice

27/08/202322/05/2023 by Jane Rosenberg

United States Moses Pendleton’s Alice: Dancers of Momix. The Music Center’s Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 19.5.2023. (JRo)

Scottish Ballet’s Streetcar conveys narrative and emotion through nothing but movement and music

27/08/202304/05/2023 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Scottish Ballet’s A Streetcar Named Desire: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Ballet / Robert Baxter (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 3.5.2023. (SRT)

Marge Hendrick as Blanche in Scottish Ballet’s *A Streetcar Named Desire* © Andy Ross

Gayety and menace in an anti-war program from Paul Taylor Dance Company

27/08/202302/05/2023 by Jane Rosenberg

United States Paul Taylor Dance Company: Dancers of Paul Taylor Dance Company. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 30.4.2023. (JRo)

Lee Duveneck and company in *Company B* © Whitney Browne

The vigour and athleticism of Béjart’s choreography impresses in Paris

26/04/202326/04/2023 by John O'Dwyer

France Maurice Béjart – Firebird, The Song of the Wayfarer, Bolero: Dancers of the Ballet de L’Opéra, Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris / Patrick Lange (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 21.4.2023. (JO’D)

*The Song of the Wayfarer*: Germain Louvet and Hugo Marchand © Yonathan Kellerman

The Royal Ballet exhibits Ashton’s Cinderella choreography in their Disneyfied new staging

14/04/202314/04/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Prokofiev, Cinderella: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Broadcast (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 12.4.2023. (JPr)