United Kingdom Various composers, Ballet Central Tour 2016: Dancers of Ballet Central. Redgrave Theatre, Bristol, 16.7.2016. (JO’D)
Jitterbug and Conga Join Traditional Dance Forms on Central Ballet’s Tour
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The Australian Ballet’s Swan Lake Revisits a Familiar Royal Love Triangle
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Soloists and Artists of The Australian Ballet, English National Opera Orchestra / Nicolette Fraillon (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 14.7.2016. (JPr)
From Elegant to Kitsch: ABT’s Ratmansky Program in Los Angeles
United States Various composers: Alexei Ratmansky (choreographer), American Ballet Theatre, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 8.7.2016 (JRo)
The More the Merrier: A Kaleidoscope of Shakespeare from Birmingham Royal Ballet
United Kingdom Ciupinski, Purcell & Ellington/Strayhorn – a triple bill of ballet comprising Wink, The Moor’s Pavane and The Shakespeare Suite: Birmingham Royal Ballet with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Philip Ellis (conductor) and the Colin Towns’ Mask Orchestra / Paul Murphy (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 22.6.2016. (GR)
Osipova’s Contemporary Dance Triple Bill at Sadler’s Wells Impresses and Disappoints
United Kingdom Natalia Osipova – Cherkaoui, Maliphan, Pita: Sergei Polunin, Jason Kittelberger, James O’Hara (Dancers), Sadler’s Wells, London, 30.6.2016. (JPr)
A Heartfelt World of Street Dance Embodied in Compagnie Käfig
United States Various composers, Compagnie Käfig: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 17.6.16. (JRo)
BRB deliver hilarious fayre with The Taming of the Shrew
United Kingdom Kurt-Heinz Stolze (after Domenico Scarlatti), The Taming of the Shrew: A Birmingham Royal Ballet production to the choreography of John Cranko, with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Wolfgang Heinz (conductor). Birmingham Hippodrome, 16.6.2016. (GR)
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A Ballet Rarely Seen in the US: Frederick Ashton’s Romeo and Juliet
Ashton: Romeo and Juliet, Los Angeles Ballet, Royce Hall, Los Angeles 4.6.2016 (JRo)
