The Royal Ballet’s first mixed bill of the 2019/20 season is a snapshot of 1960s British ballet and the polar...
Together, “Asphodel Meadows” and “The Two Pigeons” compose an impressive double bill.
When Svetlana Lunkina, one of the world's foremost ballerinas, arrived in Toronto fresh from the Bolshoi Ballet just a few years ago, she was greeted with enthusiasm, and a touch of curiosity. What would Toronto do with a star of her stature? At 18, Lunkina was the youngest dancer to perform the role of Giselle in the history of the Bolshoi, and her debut cast no doubt about her future. She rocketed to principal and danced for fifteen years in the great theatre.
Sassy lasses and frisky creatures abound in this double bill from the Royal Ballet, which pairs a restaging of Frederick...
There was much to admire about the Washington Ballet’s program titled “Mixed Masters” which the company brought to the Kennedy...
The final programme of the Royal Ballet’s Spring/Summer season sees the company perform a mixed bill of work by their founder choreographer, Frederick Ashton. Including two of his narrative works, one comic (“The Dream”) and one tragic (“Marguerite and Armand”), as well as the first piece he created for the Royal Opera House stage (“Symphonic Variations”), it’s a bill that pays homage to this admired choreographer. While there are times where the age of these works feels noticeable, the programme is, nonetheless, an enjoyable close to the season.
