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Passion and sincerity: Tamara Rojo leads from the front in Akram Khan’s Giselle

Akram Khan: Giselle English National Ballet, Sadler’s Wells, 18th September 2019 Akram Khan’s arresting revision – or reimagining – of Giselle for English National Ballet has captured the public imagination to an extraordinary degree. Premiered in 2016, it has sold … Continue reading

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Pulsating and poetic: Akram Khan’s terrific Giselle returns to Sadler’s Wells

Giselle ***** English National Ballet, Sadler’s Wells, 20th September 2017 Giselle’s tale of love, betrayal and redemption has been entrancing audiences since 1841, but in Akram Khan’s version for English National Ballet, now receiving a pulsating first revival at Sadler’s Wells, Marius … Continue reading

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Plums and turkeys: a musical voyage around 2016

Most people I know cannot wait to see the back of 2016. But in the year in which Brexit, Trump and the Grim Reaper were the big winners, I admit to having had a terrific twelve months. A whirl of … Continue reading

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