Performer: Vaslav Nijinsky

Tokyo Komaki Ballet, a company intricatelly tied  to the Ballet Russes, performed three of its works, Afternoon of a Faun, Prince Igor and Petrushka. 

Pennsylvania Ballet serve up a wonderfully curated menu of works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Michael Kamen, and Jiří Kylián. Reviewed by Stephen Raskauskas at Merriam Theater, Philadelphia. 

Thirty years after its last visit to London, Boston Ballet has returned to the British capital in a celebratory mood. With the company opening its 50th season, the London tour has been planned both to launch the anniversary and to strengthen the growing international reputation of the company.

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.

Spanish choreographer Avatâra Ayuso talks candidly about fellow choreographer Bronislava Nijinska, historical misogyny within the dance sector, and what we are doing about it today.