When German poet Heinrich Heine wrote De l’Allemagne (“On Germany”), which was published in Paris in 1835, he couldn’t have...
Men. You can’t live with ’em and you can’t let ’em die. At least that’s the thinking in “Giselle,” the...
Royal New Zealand Ballet finished their “Live in Your Living Room” series with a tribute to old and new; their...
In the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale The Red Shoes, a young girl is given an auspicious gift: a pair of...
Light and dark, day and night, youth and maturity, a flirtation and redemption, naturalistic and ethereal: “Giselle” spins a conjuror’s trick all the wilier for its very familiarity, its everlasting allurement.
Under Tamara Rojo’s direction the English National Ballet have become a strong, ambitious company. Alongside the classical ballets, Rojo has made contemporary works a feature of the company’s repertoire and their latest triple bill comprises the signature works of three of modern dance’s key choreographers—William Forsythe, Hans van Manen and Pina Bausch.
