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Superb Yulia Stepanova takes flight to save St Petersburg Ballet Theatre’s drab Swan Lake

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake *** St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, Coliseum, 25th August 2018 The sets are dowdy and the creased moon looks like a crinkle-cut crisp, but beggars can’t be choosers. Without a Mariinsky or Bolshoi Ballet tour this summer, London … Continue reading

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Bolshoi reflections: creaky drama and a rising star in London

Don Quixote, Swan Lake, The Taming of the Shrew, Le Corsaire We’re over a month into the BBC Proms season, yet I’ve only attended one concert thus far. What gives? Apart from a week away at Verbier Festival and Dorset … Continue reading

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