UPDATE 25 October 2018: The auction generated over €48,000 which will go to fund the opera house’s activities for children and young people. “With this money, the Opera can offer performances for schools at a discounted prices,” said Anna Karinsdotter, artistic director of the Young at the Opera programme. You might be just in time to […]
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Lead Principal Aaron Robison to leave English National Ballet after one season
Lead Principal Aaron Robison has decided to leave English National Ballet at the end of the current season. Robison only joined English National Ballet in June last year and will be returning to San Francisco Ballet where he danced as a Principal from 2016-2017, prior to joining ENB. Before that he danced with Houston Ballet, […]
Photo Album: English National Ballet dances Song of the Earth and La Sylphide
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 MacMillan Staging – Grant Coyle Designs – Nicholas Georgiadis Lighting – John B. Read Dancers included: Tamara Rojo (The Woman), Joseph Caley (The Man) & […]
Jurgita Dronina to become Lead Principal Dancer with English National Ballet
Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, has announced that Principal Dancer Jurgita Dronina will become a Lead Principal Dancer with English National Ballet next season. Dronina will remain with The National Ballet of Canada as Principal Dancer and will be featured in The Winter’s Tale, which opens the 2017/18 season, as […]
Jurgita Dronina answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? I’ve been dancing since I remember; ballet school at 9. Why did you start dancing? I started with ballroom dancing, then hip-hop and a bit of break dance… one thing led to another and I happened to enter ballet school. Which dancer inspired you most as a child? Natalia […]
