As Gary Avis retires from The Royal Ballet, I republish my 2024 interview with this charismatic dance actor Gary Avis has a rare talent to turn fictional characters into living, breathing, fully rounded people; whether on stage, as Principal Character…
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…
Ballet Position goes behind the scenes at London Children’s Ballet to witness the creation of its new show I sense a buzz of excitement as I approach a squat, nondescript building tucked away in a South London side street on…