Tag Melissa Hamilton

Mayerling, The Royal Ballet Review 4*

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…

Dance Reflections, Tanowitz and Balanchine

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…

The Royal Ballet Schools Matinee, Romeo & Juliet

A young audience relished a performance of Romeo and Juliet, part of The Royal Ballet’s Schools Matinees programme Very few thrills beat watching a live stage performance in a theatre packed with schoolchildren.   Their uncontained excitement and their unfiltered,…