A fine company achievement: English National Ballet's Manon

By Margaret Willis, 18 January 2019

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“Dronina... a beautiful fluid, graceful technique, a lightness and joyous approach to her dancing”

Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 17 January 2019

Manon (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)

English National Ballet

Gavin Sutherland, Conductor

Mia Stensgaard, Set Designer, Costume Designer

English National Ballet Philharmonic

Jurgita Dronina, Dancer

Isaac Hernández, Dancer

Alina Cojocaru, Dancer

Joseph Caley, Dancer

Daniel McCormick, Dancer

Rina Kanehara, Dancer

Fabian Reimair, Dancer

James Streeter, Dancer

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Margaret Willis

Margaret studied ballet in Moscow for five years and later was a member of London City Ballet. A reviewer since 1978 for many newspapers and magazines including Dancing Times and Dance Magazine, Margaret is a specialist on Russian Ballet, and has written books on Russian Ballet and Carlos Acosta.