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Jane Eyre, Northern Ballet Review 4*

 Jane Eyre brings Charlotte Brontë’s novel to the ballet stage courtesy of choreographer Cathy Marston and Northern Ballet Charlotte Brontë’s 19th century Romantic novel, with its triumphant cry of “Reader, I married him!” is justly admired for the character of…

International Draft Works Review 3*

National and international choreographic talent featured in the 2025 edition of International Draft Works at the RBO Linbury It’s not meant as a collection of definitive finished works.  Rather, International Draft Works, a Royal Ballet initiative that brings together budding…

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…

Susan Robinson: For the “Pure Love of Dance”

Susan Robinson, ballet teacher extraordinaire, on how she transmits her “pure passion for the art” to successive generations of dancers. On the last night of English National Ballet’s London Christmas season, Laurretta Summerscales received a rapturous ovation for her sparkling…