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Alina Cojocaru charms as Aurora in a Sleeping Beauty lacking lustre

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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Starry, starry night: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s celestial Cinderella provides magic

Prokofiev: Cinderella ***** Birmingham Royal Ballet, Mayflower, Southampton, 25th January 2017 Compared with his raw, heartrending music for Romeo and Juliet, Prokofiev composed a sassier, slinkier score for Cinderella and this has given choreographers licence to lend the ballet a … Continue reading

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