SLEEPING BEAUTY was first staged by Charles Robinson Planché as an extravaganza in London in 1840 and has been a popular pantomime in Britain ever since. There is always a choice: Tchaikovsky, live, a ...
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The Nutcracker! has long been a Christmas favourite, the ideal treat for little girls. It was not always so. The premiere in 1892 was badly received by the critics who disapproved of Tchaikovsky wasti ...
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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY has a special place in Royal Ballet’s collective heart. It was this ballet, which re-opened the Royal Opera House in 1946 after World War II. Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpmann sta ...
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SCOTTISH BALLET’S THE FAIRY’S KISS (YouTube for free) In 2017 five major ballet companies celebrated the life and work of Sir Kenneth Macmillan (1929-1992). Scottish Ballet resurrected his little perf ...
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