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)
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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)
BRB bring Sir Peter Wright’s 1984 The Sleeping Beauty back to Islington and it has an intimate grandeur
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Philip Ellis (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 24.4.2024. (JO’D)
Yasmine Naghdi and Matthew Ball lead an enjoyable revival of Liam Scarlett’s flawed Swan Lake
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Dancers of The Royal Ballet and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Martin Georgiev (conductor). Directed for the screen by Peter Jones and relayed to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 24.4.2024. (JPr)
The KVN Dance Company’s intriguing, exuberant – if flawed – reimagining of Coppelia is on tour
United Kingdom KVN Dance Company’s Coppelia: Towngate Theatre, Basildon, Essex, 17.4.2024. (JPr)
The Royal Ballet’s triple bill celebrates Kenneth MacMillan’s choreographic legacy
United Kingdom MacMillan Celebrated – Danses concertantes, Different Drummer and Requiem: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Isabela Díaz (soprano), Josef Jeongmeen Ahn (baritone), Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 9.4.2024. (JPr)
In Paris: Nureyev’s Don Quixote is a true celebration of dance without the slightest false step
France Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote: Paris Opera Ballet, Orchestra of the Paris National Opera / Gavriel Heine (conductor). Transmitted live (directed by François Roussillon) from the Opéra Bastille, Paris, 2.4.2024. (JPr)