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Principal Brandon Lawrence to leave Birmingham Royal Ballet to join Ballett Zürich

18 March 2023 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

17 - Swan Lake, Birmingham Royal Ballet with Polina Semionova and Brandon Lawrence, photo by Tyrone Singleton

Birmingham Royal Ballet will say farewell to Principal dancer Brandon Lawrence at the end of the 2022/2023 season when he leaves to join Ballett Zürich for Cathy Marston’s first season as … [Read more...] about Principal Brandon Lawrence to leave Birmingham Royal Ballet to join Ballett Zürich

[Review] Ballet Icons Gala – the starry evening returns to the London Coliseum

20 February 2023 by Matthew Paluch 8 Comments

Le Corsaire - Margarita Fernandes and Antonio Casalinho - photo by Dasa Wharton

Matthew Paluch sees the Ballet Icons Gala 2023 in London TitleBallet Icons GalaVenueLondon ColiseumDate19 February 2023ReviewerMatthew Paluch “Ballet Average Dancers” doesn't have quite the same … [Read more...] about [Review] Ballet Icons Gala – the starry evening returns to the London Coliseum

Critics round-up and photo album of English National Ballet’s Swan Lake

29 January 2023 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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Derek Deane created his version of Swan Lake in 1997 to be seen at the Royal Albert Hall and other in-the-round spaces, but later adapted later it for traditional theatres. Here are the London critics … [Read more...] about Critics round-up and photo album of English National Ballet’s Swan Lake

[Photo Album] Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man at the Royal Albert Hall

3 July 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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Matthew Bourne’s revisited version of his The Car Man, first seen in 2000, has just completed 14 performances at the Royal Albert Hall – a new staging for the Royal Albert Hall’s 150th … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man at the Royal Albert Hall

[Photo Album] 100% Cuban with Acosta Danza

20 March 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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The Acosta Danza company, directed by Carlos Acosta, though he no longer dances in the productions, has just made its debut in Pais with the show 100% Cuban at the National Theater of Chaillot. The … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] 100% Cuban with Acosta Danza

[Photo Album] Yasmine Naghdi and Matthew Ball in rehearsal

15 December 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

04 - Yasmine Naghdi and Matthew Ball rehearse Giselle for The Royal Ballet - November 2021 © Dasa Wharton

Matthew Ball’s playful then devastated Albrecht rose to every challenge that the role threw at him and Yasmine Naghdi’s Giselle matched superb technique with a tender warmth. - Sarah Crompton for The … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] Yasmine Naghdi and Matthew Ball in rehearsal

Photo Album: English National Ballet in Le Corsaire

17 March 2020 by Gramilano 1 Comment

10 English National Ballet in Le Corsaire with Erina Takahashi and Francesco Gabriele Frola @ Dasa Wharton

It all looks gorgeous but British companies have fought shy of Le Corsaire for a reason. The silly tale of lecherous pashas and smiling slave girls calls for a wholehearted, honey-roast acting style … [Read more...] about Photo Album: English National Ballet in Le Corsaire

Photo Album: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes

24 December 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes is back and has been hailed by all the critics as being even better than before. Adam Cooper joins the company for this revival and Ashley Shaw is Victoria Page, the … [Read more...] about Photo Album: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes

Francesca Hayward – find out more about The Royal Ballet’s star of the movie Cats

22 December 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

05 Francesca Hayward, makeup and hair, Romeo and Juliet © Dasa Wharton

Francesca Hayward, Principal dancer of The Royal Ballet, has a leading role in the film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats, directed by Academy Award winner Tom Hooper (The King’s … [Read more...] about Francesca Hayward – find out more about The Royal Ballet’s star of the movie Cats

Photo Album of Two Giselles: English National Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet

1 December 2019 by Gramilano 1 Comment

03 Giselle, Birmigham Royal Ballet © Dasa Wharton 2019

There’s a spate of Giselles about at the moment, radical reinventions of the 1841 ballet from Akram Khan for English National Ballet, and South African choreographer Dada Masilo, drawing on modern … [Read more...] about Photo Album of Two Giselles: English National Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet

Photo Album: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in London

16 September 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

03 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Jessica Lang’s EN, photo by Dasa Wharton

The company has three As in its title but, to my mind, this programme sets the case for it to have four, because the profundity of the African American cause is so central to this fine pair of works … [Read more...] about Photo Album: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in London

English National Ballet announces promotions, joiners and leavers for the 2019-2020 season

30 July 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Brooklyn Mack as Conrad in Le Corsaire © Laurent Liotardo

Tamara Rojo, Artistic Director of English National Ballet, announced promotions within the company and new joiners (and leavers) for the 2019-2020 season. Promotions The following promotions have … [Read more...] about English National Ballet announces promotions, joiners and leavers for the 2019-2020 season

Backstage at The Royal Ballet: Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales

14 June 2019 by Gramilano 1 Comment

22 Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales, Romeo and Juliet © Dasa Wharton

Dasa Wharton took her camera backstage to glimpse Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales preparing for a performance of Romeo and Juliet at The Royal Opera House. She was also there to capture moments … [Read more...] about Backstage at The Royal Ballet: Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales

Photo album: She Persisted with English National Ballet and photos by Dasa Wharton

20 April 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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She Persisted, the new triple bill from English National Ballet, has generated a plethora of four and five-star reviews. It is rare to find a shrivel of critics so unanimous. She Persisted follows on … [Read more...] about Photo album: She Persisted with English National Ballet and photos by Dasa Wharton

Photo Album: Backstage at Beauty and the Beast – Birmingham Royal Ballet

13 March 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Yvette Knight with Brandon Lawrence in Beauty and the Beast, Birmingham Royal Ballet © Dasa Wharton 32

Beauty and the Beast In David Bintley's glorious Gothic ballet, witness transformations, wild waltzes, soaring birds and a relationship between Belle and the Beast that is at first terrifying, but … [Read more...] about Photo Album: Backstage at Beauty and the Beast – Birmingham Royal Ballet

Photo Album: Beauty and the Beast – Birmingham Royal Ballet 2019

4 February 2019 by Gramilano 1 Comment

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Beauty and the Beast - Birmingham Royal Ballet A cruel Prince, cursed to spend the rest of his life living in a fantastical castle with the animals he callously hunted, finds salvation in the heart … [Read more...] about Photo Album: Beauty and the Beast – Birmingham Royal Ballet 2019

Matthew Ball in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake

16 December 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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Luke Jennings – The Observer From the moment of his first entrance, it’s Ball’s show. As well as being an assured technician, he’s a dance actor of real charisma. As the Swan, he’s dangerous and … [Read more...] about Matthew Ball in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake

Interview: For The Royal Ballet’s Yasmine Naghdi it’s “Ready, Steady, Go”!

25 November 2018 by Gramilano 1 Comment

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Interview with Yasmine Naghdi as she dances in the world premiere of Alastair Marriott’s The Unknown Soldier - with photos by Dasa Wharton I last interviewed Yasmine Naghdi in September of 2015 when … [Read more...] about Interview: For The Royal Ballet’s Yasmine Naghdi it’s “Ready, Steady, Go”!

Photo Album: In the Upper Room and Embrace with Birmingham Royal Ballet

16 November 2018 by Gramilano 1 Comment

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  In the Upper Room and Embrace were part of a triple-bill programme by Birmingham Royal Ballet called Polarity & Proximity. Embrace, a new ballet commissioned from choreographer George … [Read more...] about Photo Album: In the Upper Room and Embrace with Birmingham Royal Ballet

English National Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty – a photo album, dedicated to Elisabetta Terabust

1 July 2018 by Gramilano 2 Comments

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  Italian ballerina Elisabetta Terabust, who died in February this year at her home in Rome after a long illness, was a star of the London Festival Ballet, now English National Ballet, from 1973 … [Read more...] about English National Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty – a photo album, dedicated to Elisabetta Terabust

Birmingham Royal Ballet dancers Delia Mathews and Brandon Lawrence on dancing The Sleeping Beauty

22 March 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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Birmingham Royal Ballet’s run of The Sleeping Beauty performances is coming to end, with the final performances being given this week at Plymouth’s Theatre Royal. The very last performance features … [Read more...] about Birmingham Royal Ballet dancers Delia Mathews and Brandon Lawrence on dancing The Sleeping Beauty

Photo album: Tamara Rojo and Ivan Vasiliev in Le Jeune Homme et La Mort as photographed by Dasa Wharton

29 January 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Tamara Rojo and Ivan Vasiliev in Le Jeune Homme et La Mort © Dasa Wharton 34

"With his pantherine leaps and blazing-eyed, silent-movie acting style, Vasiliev is terrific as the young man. As he struts and frets to Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, costumed in possibly … [Read more...] about Photo album: Tamara Rojo and Ivan Vasiliev in Le Jeune Homme et La Mort as photographed by Dasa Wharton

Photo Album: English National Ballet dances Song of the Earth and La Sylphide

16 January 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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Dasa Wharton took her camera to the London Coliseum to capture the English National Ballet's latest double bill: Song of the Earth and La Sylphide Song of the Earth Choreography – Kenneth … [Read more...] about Photo Album: English National Ballet dances Song of the Earth and La Sylphide

Photo album: English National Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ 2017

17 December 2017 by Gramilano 1 Comment

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Photographer Dasa Wharton captured for Gramilano the English National Ballet's 2017-2018 outing of its annual Nutcracker. The mise-en-scène is magical: a Christmas Eve party in a London … [Read more...] about Photo album: English National Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ 2017

Photo album: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker

10 December 2017 by Gramilano 2 Comments

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Dasa Wharton went to photograph for Gramilano the latest outing of Birmingham Royal Ballet's The Nutcracker  – as stunning as ever! Artists of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, featuring: Miki Mizutani … [Read more...] about Photo album: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker

Ivan Putrov’s Men in Motion at the London Coliseum in pictures

2 December 2017 by Gramilano 2 Comments

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The reviews may have been less positive for Ivan Putrov’s Men in Motion than past editions — in 2012, Judith Mackrell for The Guardian wrote that the programme was “one of real intelligence and … [Read more...] about Ivan Putrov’s Men in Motion at the London Coliseum in pictures

Man-thongs and brazen theatricality: Acosta Danza photo album

6 October 2017 by Gramilano 1 Comment

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All photos by Dasa Wharton Carlos Acosta’s new company launched with energy and panache. Following his retirement from classical ballet, the star looked back to his native Cuba to create a company … [Read more...] about Man-thongs and brazen theatricality: Acosta Danza photo album

Akram Khan’s Giselle – ENB’s smash hit in words and pictures

25 September 2017 by Gramilano 2 Comments

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Akram Khan’s new Giselle is a work of immense confidence and scouring anger. Reimagining one of ballet’s most-loved classics, the story of a village girl betrayed by a nobleman, this production is … [Read more...] about Akram Khan’s Giselle – ENB’s smash hit in words and pictures

English National Ballet announces 2018 Spring/Summer Season including world premiere by William Forsythe

13 September 2017 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

William Forsythe © Dominik Mentzos

World premiere of new work by William Forsythe created especially for English National Ballet. Voices of America: Jerome Robbins/William Forsythe/Aszure Barton, a new mixed bill dedicated to … [Read more...] about English National Ballet announces 2018 Spring/Summer Season including world premiere by William Forsythe

Photo Album: English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer Award 2017

11 June 2017 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Rina Kanehara and Aitor Arrieta performing the Esmeralda pas de deux © Dasa Wharton 2

Rina Kanehara and Aitor Arrieta were announce as joint winners of English National Ballet's 2017 Emerging Dancer Award, at the end of last month. Finalists performed a pas de deux and a … [Read more...] about Photo Album: English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer Award 2017

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