United Kingdom Pita, Marney, Hampson: Ballet Black, Barbican Centre, London, 19.3.2016. (J.O’D)
Ballet Black’s Latest Triple Bill Receives Enthusiastic Response
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John Cranko’s Genius Remembered in Three Part Tribute
United Kingdom A Tribute to John Cranko: Ivy House Music and Dance, JW3: London Jewish Cultural Centre, London, 13.3.2016, (JO’D)
Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta and Nutcracker Come Together with Dramatic Effect in Paris
France Tchaikovsky – Iolanta/The Nutcracker: Soloists, Orchestra, Chorus (chorus master: Alessandro Di Stefano), Children’s Chorus, and Dancers of the Opéra National de Paris, Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Alain Altinoglu (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 11.3.2016. (MB)
Ave Maya– Ballet Stars Pay Handsome Tribute to Maya Plisetskaya
United Kingdom Various Composers, Ave Maya – Ballet Gala in memory of Maya Plisetskaya: Dancers and English Ballet Philharmonic / Valery Ovsyanikov (conductor). London Coliseum, 6.3.2016. (JPr)
Maya Plisetskaya at her 85th birthday gala
Bleak, Violent Odyssey at Wilton’s has Moments of Surprising Beauty
United Kingdom Various composers, The Odyssey: Mark Bruce Company, Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 25.2.2016. (J.O’D)
BRB Continue their Our Shakespeare Celebrations with a Classic Romeo and Juliet
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Koen Kessels (conductor, Birmingham Hippodrome, 24.2.2016. (GR)
Engaging, Well-Pitched Triple Bill Concludes Resolution 2016
United Kingdom Various composers, Resolution 2016: Glitch, It Takes Two Too, Ideas in Motion, Salah El Brogy Company, Yukiko Masui, Pro-Motion, The Place, London, 19.02.2016. (J.O’D)
photo by Mickael Marso Riviere
A Dream of a Start to Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Shakespeare Celebrations
United Kingdom Mendelssohn & Chopin, Sir Frederick Ashton Double Bill: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy (conductor), Jonathan Higgins (piano), Birmingham Hippodrome, 17.2.2016. (GR)
