By Anne-Marie Elmby After 14 month’s delay, the Royal Danish Ballet finally performed John Neumeier’s Mahler’s 3rd Symphony (1975) at Operaen, the largest stage of the Royal Danish Theatre, on May 19. COVID restrictions meant there was a limited-capacity audience and the compromise of the Royal Danish Orchestra playing live from a studio, transmitted to
by Gerard Davis It’s late summer in London and pouring rain as I make my phone call to Lisbon. At the other end of the line, newly promoted Royal Ballet first soloist Marcelino Sambé tells me he is sitting on his balcony in glorious sunshine, waiting for the start of the new season. It’s a
by Anne-Marie Elmby The Peacock Theatre in the Tivoli Gardens presented Tivoli Ballet Theatre’s new Cinderella over the summer season. The charm of the theatre with its slanting floor, trapdoors and pantomime tradition was perfect for this witty and modern fairy tale choreographed by Yuri Possokhov. Copenhagen is well known to Possokhov, since he came