United Kingdom Minkus (arr. and orch. Martin Yates), Don Quixote: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Valery Ovsyanikov (conductor). Recorded live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) at the Royal Opera House, London, 7.11.2023 and seen at Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex. 13.11.2023. (JPr)
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NEBT’s Genesis Dance Project is from the place where ballet and contemporary dance meet
United Kingdom New English Ballet Theatre’s Genesis Dance Project and New Works: Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler’s Wells, London, 2.11.2023. (JO’D)
Jerome Robbins evening at the Paris Opera Ballet: can it ever be better than this?
France Jerome Robbins: Paris Opera Ballet, Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 25.10.2023. (JO’D)
Jamiel Devernay-Laurence’s Ballet Nights: Autumn Season 2023 puts London E14 on the dance map
United Kingdom Ballet Nights: Autumn Season 2023: Jamiel Devernay-Laurence (producer and compère). Lanterns Studio Theatre, London, 29.9.2023 (JO’D)
Our Voices finds English National Ballet performing with what looks like a new, or renewed, energy.
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Our Voices: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Sadler’s Wells, London, 21.9.2023. (JO’D)
Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet stars young dancers and brings in young audiences
United Kingdom Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet: Dancers of New Adventures. Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 19.9.2023. (SRT)
Vienna State Ballet’s season opener Don Quixote revival does Rudolf Nureyev proud
Austria Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote: Dancers of Vienna State Ballet, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Robert Reimer (conductor). Transmitted live (directed by Balázs Delbó) from the Vienna State Opera, 16.9.2023. (JPr)
Phaedra / Minotaur in Edinburgh tried to say some profound things but ended saying not very much at all
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [11] – Phaedra / Minotaur: Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Richard Hetherington (musical director and piano). Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 19.8.2023. (SRT)