An ideal Easter outing for families, English National Ballet’s My First Ballet: Swan Lake is at the Peacock There were babes in arms and toddlers in strollers. There were little girls in sequinned tulle skirts – pink, naturally. Amazingly well-behaved…
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 principal Francesca Hayward shines in her debut as Tatiana, the compelling heroine of Cranko’s Onegin John Cranko’s ballet Onegin is so concise and intelligently crafted that every step carries meaning, acquiring nuance with each repetition and development,…
London’s last Nutcracker of 2024, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s production at the Royal Albert Hall, is an unalloyed delight Birmingham Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker has many virtues, chief among them as far as London is concerned the way in which it…
Carlos Acosta tells me why and how he’s transporting the Christmas ballet to Cuba as Nutcracker in Havana Carlos Acosta came late to Christmas. The Cuba where the boy who was to become an international ballet superstar grew up in…