Northern Ballet, Three Short Ballets in Leeds - Review

★★★★✰   Northern Ballet's latest triple bill successfully fuses a nearly 50-year-old classic by Rudi van Dantzig to a newly minted and substantial work by Mthuthuzeli November and a 5 minute shorty from Kristen McNally... [08 Sep 24]

Ballet Nights 006 / The Cadogan Hall Concert in London - Review

★★★✰✰   Ballet Nights 006 moves to a fine new location at Chelsea's Cadogan Hall and amongst 10 pieces features strong work by Pett|Clausen-Knight, James Wilton and Grace O'Brien... [05 Sep 24]

State Ballet of Georgia, Swan Lake in London - Review

★★★✰✰   A first visit to London by Nina Ananiashvili's State Ballet of Georgia and with a usefully pared back classical Swan Lake. Some mismatched casting means we don't hit all the highs until a magical last act. [29 Aug 24]

National Youth Ballet, Evolving Visions bill in Birmingham - Review

★★★✰✰   National Youth Ballet has the vision that 'young people will create the ballet of the future'. We catch up with their latest show of 8 unashamedly modern works; each confidently danced with much joie de vivre. [24 Aug 24]

London City Ballet, Resurgence quad bill in Windsor - Review

★★★✰✰   After an absence of almost 30 years, it's good to see London City Ballet bouncing back and touring widely. The aptly named Resurgence bill features four interestingly diverse works if, at just 60 minutes of dancing, the night feels a little too short. [10 Aug 24]

London Children’s Ballet, The Secret Garden in London - Review

★★★★✰   London Children's Ballet is celebrating its 30th anniversary by bringing back one of its most loved stories, The Secret Garden, and jolly good it is, too. [09 Jul 24]

English National Ballet School Summer Performance 2024 in London - Review

★★★★✰   More from the Royal Opera House Next Generation Festival as English National Ballet School present their 2024 Summer Performance with works by Frederick Ashton, Andrew McNicol and Pina Bausch... [05 Jul 24]

Ballet Nights 005 / New Futures bill in London - Review

★★★✰✰   Ballet Nights is back and iteration 005 features a diverse mix of 9 dance works and particularly delightful efforts from James Cousins, Grace O'Brien and Jordan James Bridge... [30 Jun 24]

Royal Ballet Ashton Celebrated bill of short works and Rhapsody in London - Review

★★★✰✰   Bruce Marriott, with thoughts on his not-so-great start to celebrating the work of the Royal Ballet Founder Choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton... [26 Jun 24]

English National Ballet Swan Lake in London - Review

★★★★✰   English National Ballet are back at the Royal Albert Hall with their fantastic Swan Lake in-the-round and all is good with the world... [13 Jun 24]