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Giselle Review: Hardly a pantomime and scarcely a ballet

Giselle Review: Hardly a pantomime and scarcely a ballet

Only with Akram Khan’s re-imagining of Giselle do we find the full emotional potential of the story laid bare before us.
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Swan Lake: Will and Grace visit the ballet

Swan Lake: Will and Grace visit the ballet

Beauty and elegance are evident in the Royal Ballet’s performance of Swan Lake
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Review: English National Ballet’s Swan Lake

Review: English National Ballet’s Swan Lake

The English National Ballet have returned to the Palace Theatre with their adaptation of Swan Lake – the world’s most famous ballet
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Review: Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella (English National Ballet)

Review: Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella (English National Ballet)

Sam Bronheim reviews Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella (English National Ballet)
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Review: English National Ballet’s ‘Manon’

Review: English National Ballet’s ‘Manon’

Tai Francis reviews English National Ballet’s ‘Manon’ at the Manchester Opera House
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Review: Giselle

An innovative and haunting re-imagining of an old classic, Akram Kahn’s Giselle almost lives up to expectations, lacking only a clear sense of narrative
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Review: English National Ballet’s Lest We Forget

The English National Ballet’s Lest We Forget brings a poignant reflection on World War I to Manchester’s Palace Theatre
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Review: The Sleeping Beauty

The English National Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty is a technically beautiful ballet, grounded in a convincing emotional reality
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