Another LiftedLeg review... Review of Ballet Central Sadler's Wells at the start of their 10-stop tour in a bill that neatly combines the traditional with the cutting edge new… liftedleg.com/2024/05/ballet… Pic © Photography by ASH

Another LiftedLeg review... ★★★★✰   Ballet Black returns to Barbican Centre with HEROES - a double bill of new works, by Sophie Laplane and Mthuthuzeli November, that neatly celebrates the hero in us all. #bbHEROES liftedleg.com/2024/05/ballet… Pic © Photography by ASH

Another LiftedLeg review... ★★★★✰ Review of Scottish Ballet Sadler's Wells in its much-lauded production of a Streetcar Named Desire. With Marge Hendrick, Evan Loudon & Claire Souet liftedleg.com/2024/05/scotti… Picture of Marge Hendrick in A Streetcar Named Desire. © Andy Ross

Another LiftedLeg review... ★★✰✰✰ Compagnie Maguy Marin's May B Sadler's Wells takes encouraging inspiration from Samuel Beckett's work but feels well too slow in unveiling its bleakly comic world liftedleg.com/2024/05/compag… Pic of Compagnie Maguy Marin in May B. © Hervé Deroo

LiftedLeg Link of the Week on... Eric Taub (Eric Taub), RIP, was a gloriously knowledgeable NY dance writer, full of wit and perception, that more dance lovers should be aware of... liftedleg.com/2024/05/link-o… Picture of Eric Taub & Boris the cat. © Eric Taub/Sarah Taub

Another LiftedLeg review... ★★★★✰ Northern Ballet in Romeo and Juliet Sadler's Wells. Welcome back, we say, to a pacy and powerful production... liftedleg.com/2024/05/northe… Picture of Sarah Chun in Romeo and Juliet. © Emily Nuttall

Another LiftedLeg review... ★★★★★ @gandinijuggling in Smashed Sadler's Wells Peacock Theatre. A gloriously whimsical performance & a masterpiece everybody should see! liftedleg.com/2024/06/gandin… Picture of Gandini Juggling in Smashed. © Ryoko Uyama

LiftedLeg Link of the Week - English National Ballet, 2011 "Agony & Ecstasy" documentary on Derek Deane's Swan Lake. Next week ENB open Royal Albert Hall in this production - a good time to catch up on this unmissable fly on the wall documentary by the BBC: liftedleg.com/2024/06/link-o…

Terrific to see William Bracewell & Fumi Kaneko winning Best Male & Female Dancer awards NationalDanceAwards on Monday. Back in 2021 Foteini did a special shoot of them preparing to dance R&J The Royal Ballet. See the full gallery at: dancetabs.com/2021/09/specia… Pic © Foteini

Another LiftedLeg review... ★★★✰✰ The junior company of Brno National Theatre Ballet, Ballet NdB 2, in a contemporary triple bill opening @RoyalOperaHouse's Next Generation Festival liftedleg.com/2024/06/ballet… Pic © Arthur Abram/Ballet NdB

Another LiftedLeg review... ★★★★✰ English National Ballet are back Royal Albert Hall with their fantastic Derek Deane Swan Lake in-the-round and all is good with the world... liftedleg.com/2024/06/englis… Sangeun Lee in #ENBSwanLake Pic © Foteini

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Congratulations Studio Wayne McGregor ✨

Congratulations to former BRB Principal Dancer Iain Mackay on his new appointment as Artistic Director at Royal Ballet School!

This is a must read and beautifully written piece. I look forward to reading more from Rosie on Substack and to seeing her, and her company, dance again next year. Bravo and love to her.

Terrific time last nite seeing Ldn Contemp Dance School's Grad show @ThePlaceLondon. Especially wonderful 2c the stirring Pigeon Dance, knitting 2gether animal conservation & cross culture ties w Ballet National Folklorique du Luxembourg! Every good wish 2um in your dance careers

Another LiftedLeg review... ★★★✰✰ BalletNights is back & iteration 005 featured a diverse mix of 9 wrks & particularly delightful efforts from JAMES COUSINS CO., Grace O'Brien of Rambert School & Jordan James Bridge liftedleg.com/2024/06/ballet… JAMES COUSINS CO. pic © Deborah Jaffe

5-star review of Kim Brandstrup's latest with terrific Sarah Crompton Sarah Crompton words and terrific Foteini picture...

Another LiftedLeg review... ★★★★✰ English National Ballet School, English National Ballet School, 2024 Summer Performance @RoyalOperaHouse with works by Frederick Frederick Ashton Fdn, Andrew McNicol & Pina Bausch liftedleg.com/2024/07/englis… ENBS in Pina Bausch's Tannhäuser-Bacchanal. © Photography by ASH

Another LiftedLeg review... ★★★★✰ London Children’s Ballet, LondonChildrenBallet, in The Secret Garden Sadler's Wells Peacock Theatre. "what an uplifting experience" liftedleg.com/2024/07/london… Constance Rauly & Ellie Henderson in The Secret Garden. © Photography by ASH