tue 05/08/2025

Jenny Gilbert

Articles By Jenny Gilbert

New York City Ballet 2021 Spring Gala online review - Balanchine and Robbins shine in a dark theatre

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The Royal Ballet - variations on a comeback

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Best of 2020: Dance

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The Nutcracker: an end-of-year obituary

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The Seven Deadly Sins, Opera North online review - viscerally thrilling

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The Royal Ballet: Live, Within the Golden Hour review - stunning, joyous dance

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Birmingham Royal Ballet, Sadler's Wells review - onward and upward

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The Royal Ballet: Back on Stage review - fireworks in the Garden

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Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer, Barbican Art Gallery review - mould-breaker, ground-shaker

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theartsdesk in Hamburg: Ghost Light - a ballet in the time of corona

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Dancing at Dusk: A Moment with Pina Bausch’s 'The Rite of Spring' review - an explosive African rite

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Notes on a no-show - Nico Muhly

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Richard Alston Dance Company, Final Edition, Sadler's Wells review - farewell and thank you, Sir Richard

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Isadora Now, Barbican Theatre review - a little piece of history

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Alina, Sadler's Wells review - I think therefore I dance

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Message in a Bottle, Peacock Theatre review - a hiphop singalong

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