Ballet in a Splendid Setting: English National Ballet at St Paul's Cathedral

By Hanna Weibye, 06 July 2012

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Reviewed at St Paul's Cathedral, London on 3 July 2012

The Four Seasons (Van le Ngoc)

Of A Rose (Antony Dowson)

Suite en Blanc (Serge Lifar)

English National Ballet

Anais Chalendard, Dancer

Max Westwell, Dancer

James Streeter, Dancer

Vadim Muntagirov, Dancer

English National Ballet Philharmonic

City Chamber Choir

Gavin Sutherland, Conductor

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Hanna Weibye

Hanna is a historian at King's College, Cambridge. She is currently completing a biography of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, the inventor of German gymnastics ('Turnen'). She has produced, danced in and choreographed for ballet and contemporary shows in Cambridge. Follow her on twitter @hweibye.