by Amy Brandt | Feb 4, 2020 | News, The Latest
It’s that time of year again: English National Ballet has announced its finalists for the company’s Emerging Dancer competition. This highly anticipated annual event, held in front of a live audience and an esteemed panel of judges at London’s Queen...
by Julia Rosica | Nov 20, 2019 | Viral Videos
Carlos Acosta and Tamara Rojo both took The Royal Ballet by storm when they arrived at the company in 1998 and 2000, respectively. Virtuosic, enigmatic performers, the two forged a storied partnership over the course of their next decade together at The Royal. Now...
by Julia Rosica | Sep 29, 2019 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. Premieres and Cross-Genre Collabs at Fall for Dance Festival The annual Fall for Dance Festival at New York City Center kicks off on October 1. Now in its 16th year, the two-week...
by Lyndsey Winship | Sep 26, 2019 | Profiles
Precious Adams is sitting in a deck chair in the sunshine of London’s Olympic Park. She’s on a break from rehearsing Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella with English National Ballet, where she’s been polishing up her comic timing for the role of...
by Julia Rosica | Sep 4, 2019 | Profiles, Viral Videos
Natalia Makarova’s version of Swan Lake, staged in the 1980s for London Festival Ballet (now the English National Ballet), incorporates a pas de quatre choreographed by Sir Fredrick Ashton into the ballet’s opening act. Leanne Benjamin, then just 24 and a...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 1, 2019 | News, Profiles
For the past 10 years, English National Ballet’s annual Emerging Dancer Awards have offered a unique opportunity for lower-ranking company members to step into the spotlight. This year’s competition, held on May 7 at London’s historic Sadler’s...
by Toba Singer | Feb 24, 2019 | News, Profiles
This week (Feb 28-Mar. 2), English National Ballet brings Akram Khan’s widely acclaimed Giselle to Chicago’s Harris Theater, the company’s first U.S. appearance in 30 years. Commissioned by ENB artistic director Tamara Rojo, Khan, whose work combines...
by April Deocariza | Jan 31, 2019 | Career, Profiles
Jeffrey Cirio ‘s meteoric rise is what dreams are made of. A Pennsylvania native, he joined Boston Ballet in 2009 and quickly rose up the ranks to principal dancer by 2012. While he felt Boston was “home,” he left to join American Ballet Theatre as a...