Category Archives: English National Ballet

Mary Skeaping’s Giselle – English National Ballet: London Coliseum, 11 January 2024

Posted on January 13, 2024 by gerarddavis09

It turns out there’s a good reason why most modern productions of Giselle are heavily edited. Left to its own devices, as with Mary Skeaping’s 1971 production, it’s far too long, especially the first act. Skeaping’s great innovation, having found … Continue reading →

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Swan Lake – English National Ballet: London Coliseum, 12 January 2023

Posted on January 14, 2023 by gerarddavis09

Just beautiful. Emma Hawes & The Corps work Swan Lake to the max. Photo by Tristram Kenton I haven’t seen Swan Lake for four years now which, for a dance writer is a flipping long time. The break’s done me … Continue reading →

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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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Dancing Nation: Episode 1 – Sadler’s Wells & BBC: BBC iPlayer & Sadler’s Wells website, from 28 January 2021

Posted on January 29, 2021 by gerarddavis09

Over the past nine months or so there’s been plenty of ballet made available to watch online. There’s not been quite the same volume of contemporary dance to witness, presumably a question of budgets and company structures. Finally, however, there’s … Continue reading →

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ENB Digital Season: Take Five Blues / Senseless Kindness / Laid in Earth / Echoes / Jolly Folly – English National Ballet: Online from 23 November 2020

Posted on November 29, 2020 by gerarddavis09

Take five films One major benefit of the Covid-19 outbreak has been the necessity for artistic companies to find new ways of attracting their audience. For many, film has been part of the answer and the dance world has leaped … Continue reading →

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Emerging Dancer 2020 – English National Ballet: Live streaming, 22 September 2020

Posted on September 22, 2020 by gerarddavis09

Emerging technology 2020 Although you’d have been hard-pressed to spot them, ballet royalty in the shape of The Royal Ballet’s Ed Watson and Natalia Osipova were two of the judges for English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2020. Lack of screen … Continue reading →

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Le Corsaire – English National Ballet: London Coliseum, 8 January 2020

Posted on January 9, 2020 by gerarddavis09

A coarse hare. That’s so bunny The plot is ludicrous, the music is so rompty-pompty it’s laughable and there are so many individual variations that it feels like you’re submerged in the quagmire of the Prix de Lausanne, but somehow … Continue reading →

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Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella – English National Ballet: Royal Albert Hall, London, 6 June 2019

Posted on June 7, 2019 by gerarddavis09

You shall go to the Hall Following their blockbuster shows in-the-round of Swan Lake and Romeo and Juliet, English National Ballet tackle Cinderella for their latest foray at the cavernous Royal Albert Hall. Instead of creating something entirely new, however, … Continue reading →

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She Persisted – English National Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, 4 April 2019

Posted on April 5, 2019 by gerarddavis09

You got Nora rite to break my wings In 2016 Tamara Rojo announced that English National Ballet were going to present a Triple Bill of all female choreographers called She Said. It caused quite a fuss at the time, highlighting … Continue reading →

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Manon – English National Ballet: London Coliseum, 16 January 2019

Posted on January 17, 2019 by gerarddavis09

52B or not 2B It says a lot about the strength of Kenneth MacMillan’s choreography that this Manon’s power remains undiminished despite Mia Stensgaard’s underwhelming staging. Very different in style from Nicholas Georgiadis’ original designs, Stensgaard made hers for The … Continue reading →

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