English National Ballet School offers a magical Cinderella

Haru Yokoo as Cinderella in George Williamson's My First Ballet: Cinderella

English National Ballet School dancers in My First Ballet: Cinderella

Yuki Chikai as Jester in My First Ballet: Cinderella

Rocco Strickland as Prince Rowan and Haru Yokoo as Cinderella in My First Ballet: Cinderella

Rocco Strickland as Prince Rowan, Jemima Gosling as Hortensia in My First Ballet: Cinderella

English National Ballet School dancers in My First Ballet: Cinderella

By Deborah Weiss, 02 April 2026

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“the histrionics that ensued when the slipper actually fitted Cinderella was priceless”

Reviewed at Sadler's Wells East, London on 1 April 2026

My First Ballet: Cinderella (George Williamson)

English National Ballet School

Rachael Canning, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Stevie Mackie, Lighting Designer

Williamson breaks new ground with BRB

Philippa Newis, 15th June

It is good to see Birmingham Royal Ballet in such fine fettle. This triple bill is well conceived and deftly performed. Not always flawless in its execution, but a five star programme nonetheless.

*****

NEBT's Quint-essential programme

Christopher Curtis, 9th November

A rich menu of thoughtful and engaging choreography, very well performed by consistently excellent emerging dancers and musicians

****1

An energetic summer finale at DNB

Lambrecht Wessels, 11th June

Energetic evening to start your summer. You can cut out Dawson's tableaus and frame them on the wall.

*****

ABT Studio Company: The Next Generation

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 15th April

Every year, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School and the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company train dancers who go on to careers with dance companies all over the world.

***11

ENB's Lest We Forget

Alexandra Desvignes, 3rd April

English National Ballet marks the centenary of the beginning of the First World War with Lest We Forget, with new choreographies by Liam Scarlett, Russell Maliphant and Akram Khan.

****1

English National Ballet: Beyond Ballets Russes 1

Margaret Willis, 22nd March

Spring has sprung in London, and there was a definite taste of nature and things new abounding at the Coliseum in the first of two programmes by English National Ballet. In Beyond Ballets Russes 1 there is a ‘newly hatched’ bird, two very different ‘faunes’ and a freshly outfitted pagan ritual to the god of spring.

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Deborah Weiss

Deb joined Bachtrack in 2022 and commissions reviews and writing on ballet and dance. She was Royal Ballet School-trained and is a former principal dancer for companies including London Festival Ballet (now English National Ballet) and Bayerisches Staatsballett. She has been writing for more than 30 years – publications have included Dancing Times, DanceTabs, Dance for You and Dance Europe. She also interviews for Voices of British Ballet, an oral archive of people who have worked in the industry in the UK. In addition to her writing, since 2016 she has been facilitating programmes that support victims of domestic abuse. Deb is passionate about her rescue dog, Bruce, and daughters (not in that order), swims a mile at least five days a week and is an avid reader.

English National Ballet School offers a magical, transporting Cinderella at Sadler's Wells East