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Performer: Yasmine Naghdi

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Ballet superstars steal the show for Ballet Nights’ third birthday

Ballet Nights 012 – Liam Woodvine and Taylor Hughes in Breath © Deborah Jaffe
Jamiel Devernay-Laurence’s Ballet Nights is celebrating its third birthday. Initially a more intimate affair at The Lanterns Studio Theatre, Ballet Nights has grown into a regular feature on the dance calendar.
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London Coliseum: the 18th Ballet Icons Gala was a little uneven

Margarita Fernandes and Antonio Casalinho in La Esmeralda pas de deux © Jack Devant
Highs and lows within a glamorous mixed bag of choreography are inevitable when people are travelling from around the world.
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Ballet Nights: another dose of cabaret ballet with highlights

Yasmine Naghdi and Reece Clarke in Asaf Messerer's Spring Waters © Deborah Jaffe
Bringing dance to the Docklands, this programme offered a range of genres and some star turns.
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Festival of New Choreography: plenty of imagination and bold choices

Yasmine Naghdi in Gemma Bond's Boundless © Andrej Uspenski
Four world premieres and four main stage debuts provides genuine hope for the future of choreography.
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The Dante Project: beautiful dancing but hard to discern a narrative

Melissa Hamilton as Satan and William Bracewell as Dante in Wayne McGregor's The Dante Project © Andrej Uspenski
Thomas Adès' score does most of the storytelling in this epic production, though the dancing is superlative.
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Enchanting Alessandra Ferri returns in Wayne McGregor's Woolf Works

Alessandra Ferri and William Bracewell © ROH | Asya Verzhbinsky
Every decade or so, The Royal Ballet creates a new work that will endure in its signature collection, and there's little doubt that Woolf Works deserves its place among that elite.   
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