ballets » Casse Noisette (The Nutcracker)

Christopher Wheeldon talks in 2003 with his former classmate and Royal Ballet First Soloist Jane Burn. Christopher speaks about his early years in dance with candour and charm, mentioning Anatole...

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The dance writer, and former dancer, Deborah Weiss is joined in the studio for a special Voices of British Ballet round table discussion. Anita Landa, Pamela Hart, Joyce Lyndon and David Long, are...

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Podcast » Brenda Hamlyn

Natalie Steed talks to Brenda Hamlyn-Bencini about training under Marie Rambert, the post-war dance scene and touring Germany with ENSA in the immediate aftermath of WWII. At 92, Brenda...

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Podcast » Beryl Grey

Beryl Grey talks to Frank Freeman about her early training, first with Madeleine Sharp and then with Phyllis Bedells before going to the Sadler’s Wells School at the age of 10 in 1937. She joined...

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Walter Gore’s London Ballet gave its first performance in Hintlesham Hall, Ipswich, on the 28 July 1961 with an evening of Gore’s choreography. The musical director and co-founder was Michael...

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