Tag Archives: Isaac Hernández

Traditional to the corps: ENB’s Swan Lake returns

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

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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Ethereal Alina Cojocaru a heartbreaking Giselle for English National Ballet

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Adam: Giselle ***** English National Ballet, Coliseum, 11th and 14th January 2017 It’s bold artistic leadership by Tamara Rojo for English National Ballet to programme its classic Giselle in the same season as Akram Khan’s pulsating rewrite. Mary Skeaping’s production … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

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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