Tag Archives: Derek Deane

Romeo and Juliet with Acosta and Rojo, English National Ballet, ENB, Albert Hall, June 2014

Posted on 12 June 2014

Ballet in the round has its advantages, particularly the greater scope for patterns when playing to all sides of the auditorium. These can involve lots of dancers, or just a few as in early Act III with the Capulet parents, Paris, Juliet and her nurse interweaving in an intriguing way. You need a little height …

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Swan Lake, English National Ballet, ENB, London Coliseum, March 2011

Posted on 23 March 2011

With the recent success of the movie Black Swan, Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake is filling auditoriums, so tickets are getting scarce. In London at the moment both the Royal Ballet and English National Ballet have productions on stage, so there’s a choice. If you want to hear Tchaikovsky, then I’d go to the London Coliseum where Gavin Sutherland’s …

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