Alina Cojocaru: feeding off the energy of London City Ballet

Alina Cojocaru in Liam Scarlett's Consolations & Liebestraum for London City Ballet

Alejandro Virelles and Alina Cojocaru in Alexei Ratmansky's Pictures at an Exhibition

Joseph Taylor and Alina Cojocaru rehearsing Liam Scarlett's Consolations & Liebestraum for LCB

Alina Cojocaru rehearsing Liam Scarlett's Consolations & Liebestraum for London City Ballet

Alina Cojocaru and Alejandro Virelles in Alexei Ratmansky's Pictures at an Exhibition

Joseph Taylor and Alina Cojocaru in Liam Scarlett's Consolations & Liebestraum

By Maggie Foyer, 24 July 2025

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Maggie Foyer

Maggie Foyer danced with PACT, the State Ballet Company in Johannesburg and Kinetika Contemporary Dance in South Africa. After graduating from the R.A.D., she taught at the Central School of Ballet in London and the Royal Swedish Ballet School. She has MA degrees in Education and Literature and is an associate lecturer in Humanities at the Open University. She has written for Dance Europe, The Dancing Times, Dance Magazine, Danza International, various dance websites and has contributed programme notes for companies including The Royal Ballet and Dutch National Ballet. She is a member of the Critics’ Circle and the National Dance Awards Committee.