Ballet for Children

"Music Web International - (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (What a treat this is - such an imaginative treatment of a favourite story )

Baranowski: 1984 (Northern Ballet)

Tobias Batley (Winston Smith); Martha Leebolt (Julia); Javier Torres (O'Brien); Hironao Takahashi (Mr Charrington); Giuliano Contadini (Parsons); Kevin Poeung (Ampleforth); Ashley Dixon (Martin); Victoria Sibson (Lead Prole);

"This is gripping storytelling" (The Stage ★★★★)

Belarbi: La Bête et la Belle (Beauty and the Beast) (Ballet du Capitole)

Julie Loria (The Beauty ); Takafumi Watanabe (The Beast ); Kazbek Akhmedyarov (Toroador);

"…all the markings of one of the classic ballets: It had romance, spectacle and drama, and it was beautiful …filled with spectacular dancing by large ensembles set beautifully. Imaginative and colorful sets and costumes by Valérie Berman and effective lighting by Marc Parent completed the visual spectacle…" (Times Argus)

Bernstein Celebration (The Royal Ballet)

Federico Bonelli (Yugen); Sarah Lamb (Yugen; The Age of Anxiety); Calvin Richardson (Yugen); Alexander Campbell (The Age of Anxiety); Bennet Gartside (The Age of Anxiety); Tristan Dyer (The Age of Anxiety); Lauren Cuthbertson (Corybantic Games); Matthew Ball (Corybantic Games); Yasmine Naghdi (Corybantic Games);

"…one of the most beautifully achieved dances of his career." (The Guardian - Yugen)

Bournonville: Napoli (Royal Danish Ballet)

Alban Lendorf (Gennaro); Alexandra Lo Sardo (Teresina); Benjamin Buza (Golfo ); Lis Jeppesen (Veronica); Alba Nadal (Giovanina); Mette Bodtcher (Flora); Jean-Lucien Massot (Peppo); Fernando Mora (Giacomo); Poul Erik Hesselkilde (Pascarillo); Josephine Berggreen (A Pilgrim);

"Long the signature work of the Royal Danish Ballet, Napoli gets a modern makeover here, with the action updated to the 1950s and a newly-commissioned second Act. Superbly performed, it's irresistible foot-tapping fun. It has been brilliantly filmed too, especially in the very busy finale that brings the house down. Undoubtedly the best ballet release of the year." (Musicweb International - Critic's choices for Pick of 2016)

Chopin: La Dame aux camélias (Glyndebourne)

Agnès Letestu (Marguerite Gautier); Dorothée Gilbert (Prudence Duvernoy); José Martinez (Des Grieux); Delphine Moussin (Manon Lescaut); Eve Grinsztajn (Olympia); Stéphane Bullion (Armand Duval);

"John Neumeier has created a ballet in which emotions go crescendo...Agnès Letestu, the great dramatic heroine, triumphs in this ballet danced to music by Chopin." (Le Figaro)