by Laura Cappelle | Sep 28, 2010 | Company Life
Watching English National Ballet’s corps de ballet glide through the second act of Giselle, it’s hard to imagine the company’s very existence was in jeopardy five years ago. Two artistic directors had resigned in rapid succession, citing insufficient funding among...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
English National Ballet has just named Tamara Rojo as it’s new artistic director. The 37-year-old Royal Ballet principal will take the reins from Wayne Eagling, who resigned a few weeks ago. Rojo has had her sights set on becoming an artistic director for quite...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
(Van Le Ngoc’s Vue de L’autre, photograph by Tristram Kenton) The English National Ballet announced on Monday that next year inaugurates a partnership between the company and London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre. ENB has always been...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Who would have thought that the English National Ballet would be popular with an early-morning music festival crowd? In past years Glastonbury—a major music festival in England—has experiemented with several different kinds of performances for its Sunday...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Even ballet fans far from the U.K. know and love longtime English National Ballet star Daria Klimentová. We know her by her dancing, of course: She is supremely elegant, expressive, and precise. During her 25 years with the company, she brought a jewel-like...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
It sounds like there’s a little turmoil over at the Royal Ballet. The Telegraph has reported that soloist Dawid Trzensimiech left the company for a principal contract at the National Romanian Ballet, citing a “lack of care and coaching.” Meanwhile,...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Former Royal Ballet principal Alina Cojocaru surprised the ballet world yesterday with the announcement that she’s joining the English National Ballet. Many fans speculate that the move stems from her dissatisfaction at The Royal, which she abruptly left in...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Few topics in the dance world are more fraught than motherhood. No, we’re not talking about the dragon mothers on “Dance Moms,” but the challenges of balancing pregnancy and parenting with the physical demands of dance. Not only do artists struggle...