American Ballet Theater Fall Season

I won’t lie. The idea of seeing another opera fills me with tedium. For a start, why are they so long? And what’s with the audience? The last time I went there was a man with a leather vest and giant gold crucifix around his neck. No, it won’t do at all. Which is why …

The Dream

It’s been said about ballet that is the most irrelevant of the high arts. Not on the evidence of the Royal Ballet’s rendition of Frederick Ashton Midsummers Night Dream I saw . I have no idea whether these dancers were better or worse than average. Or whether this particular version of ‘The Dream’ is better …