Rupert Christiansen

Striking but not altogether successful: ENB’s Our Voices reviewed

Balanchine’s Theme and Variations was glorious but I didn't care for the two new commissions

Francesca Velicu as Chosen One and Henry Dowden as Priest in Andrea Miller’s Les Noces. © laurent Liotardo
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    English National Ballet, until 30 September

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