| Date and venue | Title |
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| 22-Feb-2013 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Two new works in an inspiring triple bill from The Royal Ballet |
 Last Friday, The Royal Ballet presented an exciting bill composed of George Balanchine’s iconic Apollo (1928) and two new ballets by acclaimed choreographers Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon. The programme was cleverly designed, since Ratmansky and Wheeldon are renowned explorers of the neoclassical style inaugurated by Balanchine. However, the success of the evening was uneven, since not all the pieces proved to be equally effective.
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| 17-Jul-2012 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Titian 2012: A cultural olympiad of new works from the Royal Ballet |
 Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 invited artists from different disciplines, mainly the visual arts, dance and music, to respond to Titian's three magnifient paintings of the Diana and Actaeon myth. The results are displayed in an exhibition at the National Gallery (alongside Titian's originals), and in an triple bill of new ballets at the Royal Opera House.Read full review... | |
| 20-Apr-2012 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | La Fille Mal Gardée at the Royal Opera House |
 Laugh-out-loud comedy is a rare find in dance, which usually elicits no more than a polite, awkward titter. However it is such comedy that is one of the chief merits of this ballet. La Fille Mal Gardée is as anxious to show off bad dancing as it is to show off the good, pleasing the audience with all manner of buffoonery.
The ballet’s opening gives me a childish thrill. A clutch of chickens and their pompous rooster-ringleader perform a joyfully inelegant dance, bobbing and flapping around. Thankfully they continue to appear throughout the evening.
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