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Amici Dance Theatre’s 40th Anniversary during lock-down

The six films in the 40th anniversary celebration provide tantalising glimpses of Amici's considerable back catalogue, which includes short works as well as major productions...

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RDB’s Tobias Praetorius on his new ballet, The Princess and the Pea

Royal Danish Ballet's Tobias Praetorius is an anomaly, a young dancer – he’s only 24 – who is already interested in playing character roles. He is also a choreographer and Marina Harss catches up with...

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Royal Ballet – Back on Stage – London

The entire Royal Ballet were back on stage and performing for a live audience last Friday in a gala style show which was/is also streamed. Jann Parry was mightily impressed with the dancing and...

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Royal Ballet – The Royal Ballet Live, Elite Syncopations – London

★★★★✰   Kevin O'Hare, director of the Royal Ballet, came on stage to welcome the return of a paying audience for what turned out to be the opening and closing live performance of the season...

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Royal Ballet – The Nutcracker Reworked – London

★★★★✰   There's no reason to feel short-changed by the Royal Ballet's Covid-compliant Nutcracker. The magic of Tchaikovsky's music and the beauty of the dancing still enchant spectators of all ages.

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Scottish Ballet – The Secret Theatre – streaming from Glasgow

★★★★★   Scottish Ballet have come up with a delightfully life-affirming present to blow away the Covid blues this Christmas. It's not a film of an existing ballet, as we usually see at this time of...

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Sarasota Ballet – Digital Program 3: work by Darrell, Wright, Walsh,...

★★★★✰   Program 3 features all-British choreographers: Peter Wright, Peter Darrell, Christopher Wheeldon, Matthew Bourne and Kenneth MacMillan. The exception is a solo by American Dominic Walsh,...

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David McAllister on his new Swan Lake for Finnish National Ballet &...

"I thought it would be interesting to make this Swan Lake very specific for Finland. They are proud of their Nordic heritage and traditions; that whole idea of winter and the purity of nature is very...

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San Francisco Ballet – Jewels: Emeralds, Rubies, Diamonds – San Francisco

★★★✰✰   It’s a bit of a bashed-together stream, with a shiny new, COVID-19 era recording of Emeralds, made in January of this year, teamed up with a Rubies from 2016, and Diamonds from 2017...

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English National Ballet – Reunion quintuple bill – London

★★★✰✰   With works from Yuri Possokhov (Senseless Kindness), Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (Laid in Earth), Stina Quagebeur (Take Five Blues), Russell Maliphant (Echoes) and Arielle Smith (Jolly Folly)

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Catching up with Australian Ballet and the three part ‘And We Danced’...

Valerie Lawson on an important series, by WildBear Entertainment, excavating Australian Ballet's past and what's happening now for the company, with all the complications of Covid-19.

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New York City Ballet – Lauren Lovette Farewell: Opus 19/The Dreamer, Amaria,...

★★★★✰   Lauren Lovette has just said farewell to NYCB. Marina Harss on some moving performances - "The ovation was heartfelt, and went on for a long time."

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Fall for Dance 2021, Program 5 – works by Alexei Ratmansky, Justin Peck &...

★★★✰✰   Featuring Alexei Ratmansky's 'Fandango', Justin Peck's 'Bloom' and Ayodele Casel's 'Where We Dwell'...

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Royal Ballet – The Nutcracker (Nunez & Muntagirov) – London

★★★★✰   Tchaikovsky’s music for The Nutcracker may be played ad nauseam in shops and public spaces over Christmas, but the ballet for which he wrote it is the real deal – especially in this production.

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New York City Ballet – The Nutcracker – New York

★★★★✰   The final applause was as warm as I have ever heard it, tinged with gratitude, for the return of a spectacle at once so grand and so intimate...

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San Francisco Ballet – Nutcracker – San Francisco

★★★★✰   "It’s not often that I’ve seen a Nutcracker receive a standing ovation, but as the curtain fell and Clara ran to greet her mother, there was nothing to do but stand and applaud."

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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo – Nightcrawlers, Swan Lake bill – New York

★★★✰✰   This year, the Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo’s visit could not have been better timed. As a new Covid variant closes in, we all need a little cheering up...

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New Adventures – Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! – London

★★★★✰   With his Nutcracker! Matthew Bourne really wants the audience to have a good time and he knows how to deliver it...

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English National Ballet – Nutcracker – London

★★★✰✰   "The English National Ballet 'Nutcracker' is a bit of alright and it's almost bound to send you home happier than you arrived." starts Bruce Marriott's review of a Christmas ballet that can...

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Dance Memories of 2021 – London

At least there are some memorable performances to recall from 2021: at the beginning of the year none of us had any idea when we might sit in a theatre and watch live dance again...

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