Ballet
-
Review
The Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty -#FromOurHouseToYourHouse, Royal Opera House
Choreographer: Marius Petipa A ballet with a serious pedigree, The Sleeping Beauty was chosen to reopen The Royal Ballet in…
Read More » -
Review
Faust – #OurHouseToYourHouse, Royal Opera House
Libretto: Jules Barbier and Michel Carré Score: Charles Gounod Navigating the human condition, to the eventual judgements of heaven’s light…
Read More » -
Review
The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet – #OurHouseToYourHouse, Royal Opera House
Online: Royal Opera House YouTube Choreographer: Kenneth MacMillan In a 2019 revival, The Royal Ballet re-examined the MacMillan-choreographed Romeo and…
Read More » -
Review
Celtic Tiger – The Shows Must Go On
Director and Choreographer: Michael Flatley With no ill intent, Americans will love this. Which will probably answer any questions for…
Read More » -
Review
La Sylphide – The English National Ballet, YouTube
Choreographer: August Bouronville Composer: Herman Severin Lovenskiold Love’s a fickle mistress, isn’t she? A romantic ballet of two halves, Taglioni’s…
Read More » -
Review
Woolf Works – Our House to Your House, The Royal Opera House
Director and Choreographer: Wayne McGregor A ballet told in three parts, Woolf Works melds together Virginia Woolf’s biography and creativity,…
Read More » -
Review
Cristaux – Ballet Black – #BBonFilm
Choreographer: Arthur Pita If Shirley Bassey thought diamonds were forever and Marilyn Monroe claimed their friendship, Ballet Black’s 2016 pas…
Read More » -
Review
Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words – BBC Culture in Quarantine, iPlayer
Director: William Trevitt and Michael Nunn Choreographer: Kenneth MacMillan Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet is one of the play’s most…
Read More »