United Kingdom Opposites Attract: A triple bill of dance comprising Take Five (music/The Dave Brubeck Quartet; choreography/David Bintley) Lyric Pieces (music/Edvard Grieg; choreography/Jessica Lang) and Grosse Fuge (music/Beethoven; choreography/Hans Van Manen): Artists of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, the Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 26.9.2012. (GR)
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Vienna Festival Ballet’s Coppelia Abounds in the Feel-Good Factor
United Kingdom Delibes, Coppelia: Vienna Festival Ballet, The Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham, 27.9.2012 (RJ)
New Estonian Ballet Capturing and Beautiful
Estonia Tauno Aints: Modigliani – the Cursed Artist: Estonian National Opera Orchestra and Estonian National Ballet. Risto Joost (conductor). Estonian National Opera, Tallinn, 21.9.2012
Brilliant Balanchine Divertimento from San Francisco Ballet
United Kingdom San Francisco Ballet (Programme A): Dancers and Orchestra of the San Francisco Ballet / Martin West (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 14.9.2012. (JPr)
Prom 52: Gergiev’s Disappointingly Inconsistent Cinderella at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 52: Prokofiev, Cinderella, London Symphony Orchestra, Valéry Gergiev (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 22.8.2012 (CC)
English National Ballet Impresses with Swan Lake
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Dancers and Orchestra of the English National Ballet, conducted by Gavin Sutherland, Coliseum, London, 3.8.2012. (JPr)
Final Tchaikovsky Ballet from Schaufuss an Improvement on Forerunners
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky Trilogy (Part 3), The Nutcracker: Irek Mukhamedov with dancers of the Peter Schaufuss Ballet, London Coliseum, London, 27.7.2012. (JPr)
Schaufuss’s Modern Reworking of Tchaikovsky Ballets
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky Trilogy Parts I & II – Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty: Alban Lendorf and Irek Mukhamedov with dancers of the Peter Schaufuss Ballet. London Coliseum, London, 23 & 24.7.2012. (JPr)