Tag Archives: James Streeter

Erina Takahashi sparkles as English National Ballet’s Nutcracker returns

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

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

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

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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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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Alina Cojocaru charms as Aurora in a Sleeping Beauty lacking lustre

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty *** English National Ballet, Coliseum, 6th June 2018 While Nutcracker is a sugary confection bursting with toothsome numbers and Swan Lake seeps tragedy from its first watery bars, Sleeping Beauty is the Tchaikovsky ballet for the connoisseur. It marks the apex of … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

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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