Cranko set his ballet to a patchwork of bittersweet Tchaikovsky – even the merriest melodies have a backnote of sorrow. His choreography is striking and elegant, but not deep – it depends on the ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Joanne Shurvell writes about travel, food, culture and fashion. Jewels has been called the first full-length abstract ballet. It stands out ...
Once Rosina has lured the children into the house, she shows her true colours ... Hansel and Gretel is at the Royal Ballet and Opera and runs from 22 December 2024 through to 9 January 2025 ...
from Matthew Bourne’s revolutionary Swan Lake to the Royal Ballet’s family-friendly Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, from the English National Opera’s hilarious Marriage of Figaro to the ...
And, sure enough, looking like a pantomime dame at first, the Witch (a tremendous turn from Carole Wilson) does capture them in her candy house with ... musical theatre as opera (no seven minutes ...