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Theme and Variations is a perfect embellishment of pure ballet

Theme and Variations is a perfect embellishment of pure ballet

English National Ballet are at their committed best in works by Balanchine, Martha Graham, William Forsythe and David Dawson

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The emotional ‘journey’ to Strictly’s glitterball begins

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What I learned from returning to my teen clubbing days

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A fine Ballet BC double bill

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Mysterious shadows inhabit Crystal Pite’s questing meditation on creation, while Johan Inger sparks laughter and tears


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A ‘radically odd’ version of Daphnis and Chloé


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