Tag Kristen McNally

A Single Man Ballet Review 4*

First came the novel, then the film, now Christopher Isherwood’s gay novel A Single Man becomes a ballet Grief fractures you.  And if it’s grief you can’t share with those around you, it becomes even more corrosive.   Such is…

Ballet Central Review 4*

Ballet Central brought flair and originality to Next Generation Festival with a bill of gems old and new Ballet Central is the touring company of the London-based Central School of Ballet. Unlike the junior companies we’ve seen in this year’s…

Phaedra + Minotaur, Linbury Review 5*

 Ancient Greek myth comes powerfully alive in Phaedra + Minotaur, which pairs Britten and Brandstrup at the Linbury… Taken individually, Benjamin Britten’s cantata Phaedra and Kim Brandstrup’s ballet Minotaur each packs a powerful punch. Together, though, they inform and mirror…

Northern Ballet, Three Short Ballets Review 4*

Northern Ballet brings a rare but hugely enjoyable triple bill, Three Short Ballets, to the ROH Linbury Theatre The dancers of Northern Ballet are a pleasure to watch  and this wide-ranging triple bill, Three Short Ballets, which had its London…