Review: Mayerling, The Royal Opera House
There are some episodes in history that are morbidly fascinating. The story of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary (1858-1889) and his life of excess, frustr...
Kenneth Macmillan
Review: Anastasia, Royal Opera House
The story of Anastasia and her presumed flight from the slaughtering of the Tsar family is a modern fairy-tale that has stayed with me since childhood. I grew u...
Review: Carlos Acosta: The Classical Farewell, Royal Albert Hall
Carlos Acosta, world famous Cuban ballet prodigy is hanging up his ballet shoes and bidding farewell to the demands of Classical performance. It feels as if he’...
Review: Romeo and Juliet, Royal Opera House
Since its premiere in 1965, Kenneth Macmillan’s Romeo and Juliet has been a staple of the Royal Ballet’s repertoire. Although this much loved piece has been p...
Where can you find the greatest dancers in the world? London!
To adapt a quote from a London Symphony Orchestra tube poster I saw the other day: “The greatest in the world, in my own city". This sums up for me one of t...
Dave Tries Ballet: MacMillan’s Choreography
One fundamental way in which ballet differs from other theatre is that, for a given ballet, there might exist many different versions of the choreography. Thi...