The fall dance calendar began with English National Ballet under new leadership. Then came Royal Ballet’s “Don Quixote” and “Black Sabbath: The Ballet.”
There is a rule in theatre that one should always leave the audience wanting more. In the ENB's new ensemble programme, Our Voices, one might argue that three performances might even leave you feeling short-changed. Three works celebrating classical, contemporary and neo-classical dance, Our Voices represents the first programme by the ENB's new Artistic Director, Aaron S Watkin, himself a dancer with the company back in the '90s, embracing the diversity of repertoire, "respecting tradition and forging innovation", as he puts it. And Our Voices does just that. Theme and Variations is a delightful opener to the programme featuring 13 couples dancing to Tchaikovsky, from George Balanchine, the choreographer who brought his Russian Imperial Ballet background to America. Revived here by Victoria Sim, who danced in Balanchine's own production, this is a masterclass in technique and synchronous choreography; flurries of entrechat jumps and pitch perfect arabesq
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Bullying, sexism, corruption, initiation ordeals and debauched behaviour. No, it’s not another government inquiry into the antics of the elite, but Opera Holland Park kicking off the 2023 season by way of a new and thought-provoking production of Rigoletto.