Category Archives: Sleeping Beauty

The Sleeping Beauty – Birmingham Royal Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, London, 24 April 2024

Posted on April 25, 2024 by gerarddavis09

Every decent ballet company needs a Sleeping Beauty; it’s a barometer of what kind of shape they’re in. Its wafer-thin plot allows plenty of room for tricky pas de deux and solos and you need a lot of dancers in … Continue reading →

Posted in Birmingham Royal Ballet, Carlos Acosta, Sadler's Wells, Sleeping Beauty | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Sleeping Beauty – Birmingham Royal Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, London, 17 October 2013

Posted on October 18, 2013 by gerarddavis09

It takes two Sometimes partnerships just work. There was Jenna Roberts wobbling a little on her own as Princess Aurora in Birmingham Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty when on glides her Prince Iain Mackay in Act II and suddenly the … Continue reading →

Posted in Birmingham Royal Ballet, Sadler's Wells, Sleeping Beauty | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sleeping Beauty: A Gothic Fairy Tale – Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures: New Wimbledon Theatre, London, 23 April 2013

Posted on April 23, 2013 by gerarddavis09

A fine romance In the grand tradition of Matthew Bourne shows Sleeping Beauty is an entertaining affair. As always, it’s wonderful to look at; Lez Brotherston’s fangtastic Gothic staging doesn’t spare the dry ice, nor stint on the size of … Continue reading →

Posted in Matthew Bourne, New Wimbledon Theatre, Sleeping Beauty | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The Sleeping Beauty – English National Ballet: London Coliseum, 9 Januray 2013

Posted on January 10, 2013 by gerarddavis09

The times they are a changing For Kenneth MacMillan The Sleeping Beauty was the cornerstone of any classical ballet company’s repertoire. This revival of the version he created for American Ballet Theater in 1987 serves as something of a yardstick … Continue reading →

Posted in Daria Klimentova, English National Ballet, London Coliseum, Sleeping Beauty, Tamara Rojo, Vadim Muntagirov | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

La Fille mal gardee/The Sleeping Beauty – The Russian State Ballet of Siberia: New Wimbledon Theatre, 30 & 31 January 2012

Posted on February 1, 2012 by gerarddavis09

Feeling hot, hot, hot The Russian State Ballet of Siberia put on a couple of impressive displays at the New Wimbledon Theatre. The opening night pastoral delights of La Fille mal gardée may not seem the obvious repertoire for a … Continue reading →

Posted in New Wimbledon Theatre, Newspaper Reviews, Russian State Ballet of Siberia, Sleeping Beauty | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sleeping Beauty – Vienna Festival Ballet: Chequer Mead, 3 November 2010

Posted on February 2, 2011 by gerarddavis09

PUBLISHED 11 NOV 2010 : EAST GRINSTEAD COURIER & OBSERVER Beauty awoken by ballet troupe On November 3rd  Chequer Mead, East Grinstead, played host to the inexhaustible Vienna Festival Ballet for the first of two performances of ‘The Sleeping Beauty’. The story … Continue reading →

Posted in Newspaper Reviews, Sleeping Beauty, Vienna Festival Ballet | Tagged , , | Leave a comment