Podcast » Donald MacLeary
In this podcast featuring Donald MacLeary, the ballerina Darcey Bussell makes a fascinating and full introduction to her friend and mentor. She stresses the importance of a coach who is…
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Timeline Event » 1966 – London Festival Ballet dances Serge Lifar’s Noir et blanc for the first time
Serge Lifar’s spectacular and enchanting Noir et blanc (later called Suite en blanc), offering multiple technical and stylistic challenges and opportunities to shine, established itself as a firm audience favourite…
Rudolf Nureyev’s version of Romeo and Juliet for London Festival Ballet is highly cinematic, sumptuous and colourful, and emphasises the inevitability of the couple’s tragic fate while also making Juliet…
Timeline Event » 1991 – The Royal Ballet performs William Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated for the first time
First performed by the Paris Opera Ballet in 1987, William Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated entered the repertory of The Royal Ballet for the first time in 1991. With…