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Erina Takahashi sparkles as English National Ballet’s Nutcracker returns

The Nutcracker English National Ballet, Coliseum, 11th December 2019 ‘Tis the season to be jolly, yet for balletomanes and thousands of wide-eyed children Nutcrackers are thin on the ground in London. The Royal Ballet has gone down another ETA Hoffmann … Continue reading

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Cinematic storytelling in English National Ballet’s fine Romeo and Juliet

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet *** English National Ballet, Southampton, 31st October 2015 Death lurks around every corner in Rudolf Nureyev’s Romeo and Juliet, created for English National Ballet (then named London Festival Ballet) back in 1977 and energetically performed here. Soon … Continue reading

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