Category Archives: Dutch National Ballet

Nureyev: Legend & Legacy: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, 5 September 2022

Posted on September 6, 2022 by gerarddavis09

Rudolf Nureyev. Now there was a guy who knew how to make an impact. Undoubtedly the most famous ballet dancer of all time, he was renowned for his physical prowess, his extraordinary charisma and, most of all, his incredibly brave … Continue reading →

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Spring Special – Dutch National Ballet: Livestream, 10 April 2021

Posted on April 11, 2021 by gerarddavis09

Boing! Spring has sprung and, like the rest of the northern hemisphere, hopes are rising in the Netherlands for some kind of respite from the everlasting Covid pandemic. Dutch National Ballet are clearly feeling the same optimism and have put … Continue reading →

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Hans van Manen Variations – Dutch National Ballet: Live streaming, 5 March 2021

Posted on March 6, 2021 by gerarddavis09

Hans van Manen is one of the great choreographic names of the 20th and 21st centuries, and not just because he somehow makes unitards look good. His deeply musical work is beautifully crafted, inventively detailed in the steps and it’s … Continue reading →

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Swan Lake Bath Ballet – Corey Baker & Friends: BBC Arts – Culture in Quarantine, 8 July 2020

Posted on July 8, 2020 by gerarddavis09

A splashing piece of work Not a version of Swan Lake by Bath Ballet (lovely though I’m sure that would have been), this is even better – Swan Lake in a bath tub. Several bath tubs. Bath tubs owned by … Continue reading →

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Safe Distance – Dutch National Ballet: Online, 16 June 2020

Posted on June 16, 2020 by gerarddavis09

Never tutu much Gerard Davis

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Hold On – Dutch National Ballet: Online, 29 April 2020

Posted on April 29, 2020 by gerarddavis09

Not Dancing in the Street A plethora of ballet and dance has been thrust online in the midst of the coronavirus but, by necessity, very little of it has been new. Well, here’s an actual world premiere from Dutch National … Continue reading →

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Mixed Bill – Dutch National Ballet Junior Company: 5 July 2019, Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London

Posted on July 11, 2019 by gerarddavis09

Making Sense As part of the Royal Opera House’s Young Talent Festival in the Linbury Theatre, Dutch National Ballet’s Junior Company showed London just how good they are. Aimed at bridging the gap between leaving school and joining a company … Continue reading →

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Cinderella – Dutch National Ballet: London Coliseum, 8 July 2015

Posted on July 9, 2015 by gerarddavis09

Shoe fire hit Although Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella starts off pretty morbidly with Cinderella’s mother coughing up blood into a hanky, beyond that it doesn’t really live up to the programme’s exaltations that it’s a darker representation of the famous fairy … Continue reading →

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