Ballet Nights 005 / New Futures bill in London in Reviews

★★★✰✰   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 in Reviews

★★★✰✰   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 in Reviews

★★★★✰   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

Ballet NdB 2 triple bill in London in Reviews

★★★✰✰   The junior company of Brno National Theatre Ballet are touring to London for the first time and open this years Royal Opera House Next Generation Festival with 3 recently created contemporary works... 12 Jun 24

English National Ballet, 2011 "Agony & Ecstasy" Swan Lake documentary in GreatLinks

An eye-opening and unmissable BBC fly on the wall documentary about English National Ballet putting on Derek Deane's Swan Lake at the Royal Albert Hall in 2010... 05 Jun 24

Gandini Juggling, Smashed in London in Reviews

★★★★★   Gandini Juggling presents a gloriously whimsical performance in Smashed - a masterpiece everybody should see! 01 Jun 24

Northern Ballet, Romeo and Juliet in London in Reviews

★★★★✰   After a long absence Northern Ballet are touring their Christopher Gable/Massimo Moricone Romeo and Juliet again. Welcome back, we say, to a pacy and powerful production... 31 May 24

Eric Taub's Writing in GreatLinks

Eric Taub, RIP, was a gloriously knowledgeable NY dance writer, full of wit and perception (especially about New York City Ballet), and more dance lovers should be aware of him 25 May 24

Compagnie Maguy Marin, May B in London in Reviews

★★✰✰✰   Compagnie Maguy Marin's May B takes encouraging inspiration from Samuel Beckett's work but feels well too slow in unveiling its bleakly comic world... 22 May 24

Scottish Ballet, A Streetcar Named Desire in London in Reviews

★★★★✰   Scottish Ballet makes its now annual trip to London and this year brings back its much-lauded Streetcar Named Desire. This is good... 17 May 24