Glen Tetley’s Field Figures, a world premiere for The Royal Ballet New Group in 1970, signalled a radical shift in repertoire for the newly renamed and re-formed company towards contemporary…
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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 » 1979 – London Festival Ballet dances Peter Schaufuss’ production of La Sylphide for the first time
The ballet that best epitomises Romantic ballet, La Sylphide was first performed in Paris in 1831. Created by the choreographer and ballet master Filippo Taglioni as a vehicle for his…