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London City Ballet in Resurgence: back on stage, on brilliant form

Miranda Silveira and Álvaro Madrigal in Ashley Page's Larina Waltz
© Photography by ASH
Alejandro Virelles, Isadora Bless, Nicholas Mihlar and Miranda Silveira in Page's Larina Waltz
© Photography by ASH
Arthur Wille in Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Ballade
© Photography by ASH
Jimin Kim and Arthur Wille in Arielle Smith's Five Dances
© Photography by ASH
London City Ballet in Christopher Marney's Eve
© Photography by ASH
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“reinvigorating, restoring and respecting all that was good about its previous incarnation”
Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 12 September 2024
Ballade (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)
Larina Waltz (Ashley Page)
Five Dances (Arielle Smith)
Eve (Christopher Marney)
Concerto (MacMillan) (excerpt) (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)
London City Ballet
Christopher Marney, Director
Alina Cojocaru, Dancer
Alejandro Virelles, Dancer
Joseph Taylor, Dancer
Cira Robinson, Dancer
The Royal Ballet’s Mayerling: violent, feral, tortured dance
****1
National Ballet of Japan's revival of Manon was devastatingly good
****1
Ballet superstars in Frankfurt for a night to savour
****1
ENB’s The Sleeping Beauty: disappointing cuts skew the story
***11
Ballet Nights makes an impressive and unforgettable Scottish debut
****1
Ballet Nights – Spring Into Summer a fascinating hotchpotch of dance
****1
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