wed 05/11/2025

Jenny Gilbert

Articles By Jenny Gilbert

Nutcracker, Tuff Nutt Jazz Club, Royal Festival Hall review - a fresh, compelling, adult take on a festive favourite

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The Limit, Linbury Theatre review - a dance-theatre romcom that lacks both rom and com

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Anemoi / The Cellist, Royal Ballet review - a feast of music in a neat double bill

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Song of Songs, Pam Tanowitz/David Lang, Barbican Theatre review - sublime music and intricate dance bring life to a 2,000-year-old love poem

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Don Quixote, Royal Ballet review - crazy Russian-Spanish romcom, brilliant dancing

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Ballet Nights, Lanterns Studio Theatre review - dance gets its own cabaret season

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Ailey 2, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury review - young, black and fabulous

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Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras, Sadler's Wells - a roaring start to the Flamenco Festival

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Untitled, 2023 / Corybantic Games / Anastasia Act III, Royal Ballet review - a magnificent end to the season

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Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT1), Sadler's Wells review - an extinction rebellion in dance

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Cinderella, Royal Ballet review - the first British ballet learns the language of flowers

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Tom Dale Company, The Place review - immersive and genre-busting

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Turn It Out with Tiler Peck, Sadler's Wells review - America's ballet wonder-woman raises the barre

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The Sacrifice, Dada Masilo, Brighton Dome review - eye-popping dance from South Africa

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Julie Cunningham & Co, Sadler's Wells review - a fine piece of work, with added spice

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Swan Lake, English National Ballet, Coliseum review - the story of a deluded prince

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