mon 13/01/2025

Jenny Gilbert

Articles By Jenny Gilbert

'I wrote a letter to Björk in Icelandic and it did the trick': Helgi Tomasson on an intervention that saved a ballet

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Four Quartets, Barbican Theatre review - ultimate stage poetry

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Within the Golden Hour/Medusa/Flight Pattern, Royal Ballet review - the company shows its contemporary face

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She Persisted, English National Ballet, Sadler's Wells review - a must-see triple bill

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Victoria, Northern Ballet, Sadler's Wells - A queen re-instated, once again

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Swan Lake, English National Ballet, London Coliseum review - a solid, go-to production

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The Unknown Soldier, Infra, Symphony in C, Royal Ballet, review - WWI ballet honours obscure tragedy

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'It’s more fun to dance in a tutu': Tory Dobrin of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

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The Sleeping Beauty, London Coliseum review - a triumph for English National Ballet

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Tartuffe, Theatre Royal Haymarket review - dual-language production loses its way

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Elizabeth, Barbican review - royal romance under scrutiny

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Unbound: A Festival of New Works, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco review - ballet invests in its future

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Describe the Night, Hampstead Theatre review - epic take on the mythology of Putin

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Obsidian Tear / Marguerite and Armand / Elite Syncopations, Royal Opera House review - an evening of high-performance mismatch

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Richard Alston, Mid Century Modern, Sadler's Wells review - a master choreographer clocks up 50 years

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The Plough and the Stars, Lyric Hammersmith review - trenchant reimagining of Irish classic

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