| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2013 The London Coliseum | Ecstasy and Death: An excellent triple bill by English National Ballet |
For their second show in the London Coliseum this year, English National Ballet has presented the first programme entirely designed by its new artistic director Tamara Rojo. In the line of her vision of enriching the company’s repertory with new works, while at the same time honouring the classics, the triple bill built for the occasion is a fascinating combination of old and recent masterpieces.Read full review... | |
| 9-Jan-2013 The London Coliseum | The Sleeping Beauty with English National Ballet |
At the opening night of Kenneth MacMillan’s production of The Sleeping Beauty in London, all eyes were on English National Ballet’s new artistic director, up on stage – rather than in the audience. Would she still be able to hold her balances on pointe now that she is also required to balance the office books?
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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... | |
| 30-Jun-2012 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | A Journey: The Royal Ballet perform Ashton and Nijinska |
The penultimate programme of The Royal Ballet’s season takes the audience on a journey, from a joyous celebration with seven imperially dressed ballerinas, to a summer dacha filled with tense emotions, and finally back in time to the ceremonial rites of a Russian peasant wedding. The link to the three ballets is the great English choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton, who created two of the works and personally arranged for the third to be re-staged, thus saving it for posterity.Read full review... | |