United Kingdom Ballet Icons Gala: Soloists, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Valery Ovsyanikov (conductor). London Coliseum, 26.1.2020. (JPr)
Unexpected highlights grace the 2020 Ballet Icons Gala at the London Coliseum
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English National Ballet celebrates its seventy years in grand style
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s 70th Anniversary Gala Celebration: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet School and ENBYouthCo, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). London Coliseum, 17.1.2020 (JPr)
The Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty sees the whole company dancing with impressive dynamism
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty: Dancers of the Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House Orchestra / Simon Hewett (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and broadcast live (introduced by Dame Darcey Bussell and Anita Rani) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex. 16.1.2020. (JPr)
Men take centre stage in English National Ballet’s Le Corsaire
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Le Corsaire: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). London Coliseum, 8.1.2020. (JO’D)
(c) Laurent Liotardo
Scottish Ballet’s new The Snow Queen is an eminently revivable festive classic
United Kingdom Scottish Ballet’s The Snow Queen (choreography by Christopher Hampson and music by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov): Dancers of Scottish Ballet, Scottish Ballet Orchestra / Jean-Claude Picard (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 18.12.2019. (SRT)
English National Ballet returns to the London Coliseum on excellent form in this season’s Nutcracker
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gerry Cornelius (conductor), London Coliseum, 11.12.2019. (JO’D)
Comedy and technical perfection from the excellent Núñez and Muntagirov in The Royal Ballet’s charming Coppélia
United Kingdom The Royal Ballet’s Coppélia: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Barry Wordsworth (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and broadcast live from the Royal Opera House to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 10.12.2019. (JPr)
A new film version from Michael Nunn and William Trevitt of Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet
United Kingdom Romeo and Juliet: Dancers of The Royal Ballet in a film by Michael Nunn and William Trevitt. (JPr)
