Liepa’s Triple Bill Shows Russian Ballet at its Best

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stravinsky, Chopin, Borodin, Petrushka, Chopiniana and Polovtsian Dances:Dancers, Soloist, Chorus and Orchestra of the Moscow State Music Theatre for Young Audience (named after Natalia Sats) / Alevtina Ioffe. (conductor), Diaghilev Festival, London Coliseum, London, 11.7.2014. (JPr)

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Andris Liepa’s revival of Michel Folkine’s Chopiniana (c) Russian Seasons of the XXI Century

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Vogel and Cojocaru Are a Stunning Romeo and Juliet

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Dancers and Orchestra of the English National Ballet / Gavin Sutherland(conductor),  Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.6.2013. (JPr)

Alina Cojocaru & Friedemann Vogel during a rehearsal for English National Ballet's Romeo & Juliet at The Royal Albert Hall, London on June 11, 2014. Photo: Arnaud Stephenson
Alina Cojocaru & Friedemann Vogel during a rehearsal for English National Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet at The Royal Albert Hall, London on June 11, 2014. Photo: Arnaud Stephenson

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Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée as Entertaining and Delightful as Ever

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hérold, La Fille mal gardée (ballet music arranged and orchestrated by John Lanchbery): Dancers from the Birmingham Royal Ballet, the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, / Philip Ellis. (conductor),  Birmingham Hippodrome, 11.6.2014. (GR)

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La Fille mal gardée – Nao Sakuma (Lise)  (c) Roy Smiljanic

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