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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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Persistent: ENB’s outstanding new triple bill celebrating female choreographers

Broken Wings/ Nora/ The Rite of Spring ***** English National Ballet, Sadler’s Wells, 4th April 2019 Choreography was long a male preserve, yet it’s still sobering to learn that Tamara Rojo was dancing professionally for over two decades before she performed … Continue reading

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Traditional to the corps: ENB’s Swan Lake returns

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake **** English National Ballet, Coliseum, 3rd January 2019 Ballets blancs: ghostly wilis in Giselle; the Shades in Bayadère; snowflakes in Nutcracker; or here… swans. They are the great white scenes for ballerina and female corps – bourrée-ing … 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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Confusion in the chocolate box: a return for Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker at ENB

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker ** English National Ballet, The Coliseum, 14th December 2016 The Nutcracker was the entry point for many into ballet, either via excitable school trips or through benevolent relations. It’s the perfect length, Tchaikovsky’s chocolate box music is … Continue reading

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