Tag: Royal Ballet
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Love London Love Culture’s Picks of the Week: Sunday 12th April
Here’s a guide to some of the most popular reads on LLLC this week… Review of The Prince of Egypt the Musical’s Original Cast recording: this week we took a listen to the newly released recording of the West End musical, featuring the original cast. The soundtrack includes ‘Deliver Us’, ‘Never in a Million Years’ […]
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REVIEW: Acis and Galatea, Royal Opera House (2009)
Wayne McGregor’s production is a rare opportunity to appreciate the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet at the same time. Showcased alongside McGregor’s take on Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in 2009, his production of Acis and Galatea cleverly combines Handel’s beautiful fluid music with some wonderful choreography particularly in the opening section. There is much […]
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Review Round Up: Onegin, Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House
We round up the reviews for the Royal Ballet’s production of Onegin, now playing at the Royal Opera House. The Stage: **** “Distilled to its narrative essence, this is a ferocious and captivating ballet, danced with an immersive passion that is close to abandon.” The Guardian: ***** “Cranko, such an intelligent choreographer, is attuned to […]
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PREVIEW: Sylvia, Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House
The Royal Ballet will be performing Frederick Ashton’s Sylvia, to mark the 65th anniversary of the ballet. Playing at the Royal Opera House from the 23rd November, The Royal Ballet will perform Frederick Ashton’s second full length ballet which was originally created as a showpiece for his muse Margot Fonteyn. Considered to feature one of the […]
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NEWS: The Royal Ballet Announce Kenneth MacMillan : A National Celebration
Taking place from the 10th October, this landmark festival will see the The Royal Ballet will be joined by Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Northern Ballet and Scottish Ballet and Yorke Dance Project paying tribute to the choreographer. From the 10th October until the 1st November, across a variety of evenings each of the companies involved will perform one of Kenneth MacMillan’s one-act masterpieces. […]
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NEWS: Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to Open 2017/2018 Season at Royal Opera House
The choreographer’s acclaimed production of Lewis Carroll’s classic story will perform at the Royal Opera Hose from the 27th September. The Royal Ballet will open the Royal Opera House’s 2017/2018 season with the return of Christopher Wheeldon’s take on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Having first appeared on stage in 2011, the ballet has become popular […]
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NEWS: Royal Ballet’s Production of The Sleeping Beauty Celebrates 70 Years at the Royal Opera House
The production, which reopened the venue after the war in 1946, returns to the stage from the 21st December until the 14th March 2017. Having reopened the venue after the Second World War in 1946 and the time that the company first set up residence in Covent Garden, with Margot Fonteyn in the leading role […]
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NEWS: Zoonation’s The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party is Reimagined for the Roundhouse
The family friendly spectacular show will be performed at the Roundhouse from the 30th December until the 22nd January 2017. Following a successful run at the Royal Opera House in 2014, the Royal Ballet and ZooNation production will burst onto the stage at the Roundhouse this December. The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party is a show […]
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Review Round Up: Anastasia, Royal Opera House
The Royal Ballet perform Kenneth MacMillan’s full length ballet exploring identity in the wake of the Russian Revolution. The Independent: *** “Kenneth MacMillan’s work is an unwieldy mix of psychological insight and padding: not until the last act does the ballerina, superstar Natalia Osipova in this Royal Ballet revival, get the chance to really stretch […]
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PREVIEW: Royal Ballet’s Anastasia Returns to the Royal Opera House
Kenneth MacMillan’s full length ballet Anastasia will be returning to the Royal Opera House from the 26th October until the 12th November. The three act ballet which tells the story of Anna Anderson, who claimed to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia, youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and sole survivor of the brutal assassination of the […]