Birmingham Royal Ballet: Coppélia
Birmingham Hippodrome; June 5, 2013 David Mead With its easy to understand story, humour and pleasant choreography, “Coppélia” is close to the pe…
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American Ballet Theatre: Shostakovich Trilogy
Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY; May 31 and June 1(m), 2013. Jerry Hochman Anyone familiar with Alexei Ratmansky’s choreograph…
National Youth Dance Company: (in between) & RIOT Company: RIOT Offspring
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London; June 8, 2013 David Mead The new National Youth Dance Company has been much heralded as being an important part of…
New York City Ballet: Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Fearful Symmetries, Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 and others
David H. Koch Theater, New York; May 28, 30 & June 1, 2, 2013 David Mead The penultimate week of New York City Ballet’s spring season feature…
School of American Ballet: Divertimento No.15, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Walpurgisnacht Ballet
Peter Jay Sharp Theater, New York; June 1, 2013 David Mead The Royal Danish Ballet School in Copenhagen probably has almost as good a case, b…
San Francisco Ballet to return to Paris
After a nine year absence, San Francisco Ballet is to make a long awaited return to Paris, and will perform at the Théâtre du Châtelet in July 2014 as …
American Ballet Theatre: Shostakovich Trilogy (Symphony #9, Chamber Symphony, Piano Concerto #1)
Metropolitan Opera House, New York; May 31, 2013 David Mead American Ballet Theatre Artist-in-Residence Alexi Ratmansky clearly has quite an …
“A Bit Like A First Date”: Talking with Boston Ballet’s Mikko Nissinen
Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen talks to David Mead about the company’s London visit and more This summer Boston Ballet, celebrat…
Birmingham Royal Ballet 2013-2014 season
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s 2013/2014 season at the Birmingham Hippodrome season, the 24th season at its home theatre in the Midlands, sees the welcome r…