The Royal Ballet opens the festive season with its transporting, magical production of the Christmas ballet, The Nutcracker This article was first published on London Unattached Nothing says Christmas like The Nutcracker; and nothing says truly magical, transporting, transcendental Christmas like The…
Vadim Muntagirov and Fumi Kaneko raise Onegin to new heights in The Royal Ballet’s revival of Cranko’s masterpiece John Cranko’s 1965 ballet Onegin, a prodigy of concise story-telling, never fails to land an emotional punch. For dancers it offers a…
Dances new and old by Pam Tanowitz and Balanchine elevated week 3 of Dance Reflections to new heights A premiere from the New York choreographer Pam Tanowitz and a cross-section of work by George Balanchine, the third giant of 20th…
Vadim Muntagirov and Fumi Kaneko raise MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet to a new level on its 60th anniversary… In a lifetime of watching dance, many performances have, with time, slipped entirely out of my mind. Others remain as cherished, if…
Newly-minted Royal Ballet principal dancer Fumi Kaneko talks to Ballet Position in the aftermath of her stunning debut as Juliet Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet is a narrative masterpiece, distilling in its structure and choreography all the passion and ultimate…