The Royal Ballet School celebrated its centenary year with an immaculate, spine-tingling summer performance on the RBO stage This article was first published on London Unattached What a year 1926 was! It witnessed the births of Sir Peter Wright, dancer,…
State Ballet of Georgia Swan Lake returns to the Coliseum in a spruced up but sadly emotion-free version This article was first published on London Unattached Here’s the good news: true love comprehensively defeated evil, the sorcerer Von Rothbart is…
This is Rambert is a bold, youthfuil triple bill marking the centenary of the UK’s oldest dance company This artice was first published on London Unattached You can celebrate a landmark birthday – a centenary, in the case of Rambert,…
La Fille Mal Gardée, The Royal Ballet’s delightful Ashton work, returns to the stage with two double debuts After a near-ten-year absence from the stage at Covent Garden, this season the Royal Ballet brought back one of the jewels of…
Northern Ballet and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa celebrate the ‘first modern lesbian” Anne Lister, better known as Gentleman Jack This article was first published on London Unattached Gentleman Jack is possibly the first ever ballet centred on a lesbian heroine: Anne…
Tulsa Ballet made its UK debut at the RBO Linbury with a thrilling display of technique and showmanship This article was first published on London Unattached Tulsa Ballet, Oklahoma’s largest performing arts organisation, brought a large dose of American showmanship…
Still Pointless traces BalletBoyz’s remarkable journey over the past 25 years, Michael Nunn and William Trevitt told me This article was first published on London Unattached In the event you haven’t heard of BalletBoyz (unlikely, I know, but just to…
Louise Lecavalier shows age is just a number with her latest pulsating, high energy one-woman show, Danses Vagabondes This article was first published on London Unattached Louise Lecavalier’s Danses Vagabondes is hard to pigeonhole. If by dance you mean any movement to…
Don Quixote rides to the rescue of the thwarted lovers in Carlos Acosta’s production of the original romcom This article was first published on London Unattached A riot of colour and incessant dancing, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Don Quixote has reached…
Wayne McGregor, Alchemies is a triple bill marking the dance maker’s 20 years as Royal Ballet Resident Choreographer This article was first published on London Unattached The Royal Ballet’s latest triple bill, Alchemies, showcasing the work of its resident choreographer…
My First Ballet: Cinderella is this year’s offering in English National Ballet’s programme to introduce children to ballet This article was first published on London Unattached The target audience may be children, many very young and some attending the first…
Mayerling, Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s darkest three-Act ballet, relives the events around the tragedy that shook the Habsburg empire This article was first published on London Unattache Few choreographers have the skill to probe the darkness of the human soul like…