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Women choreographers and English National Ballet

08 Mar 2019

5 min read

For International Women's Day, our Archive Consultant Jane Pritchard looks at our company's history with female choreographers. Read more

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Top 5 things you (probably) didn’t know about Pina Bausch

25 Feb 2019

This April, we're thrilled to once again perform Pina Bausch's masterpiece Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) as part of She Persisted, our second triple bill celebrating women's voice in dance. Read more

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Frida Kahlo: She Persisted

15 Feb 2019

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Broken Wings, her ballet on Frida Kahlo, returns for She Persisted, our upcoming triple bill of female choreography. Before seeing this “heartfelt testament to a major painter and the emancipatory power of art” (The Daily Telegraph), find out more about the Mexican painter’s life and work, and how they inspired and are represented in this beautiful dance piece. Read more

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She Said: interview with Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

13 Feb 2019

Take a look back to 2016, before Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's Broken Wings, a ballet inspired by the life and art of iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, premiered as part of She Said. Read more

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She Said: Pina Bausch

12 Feb 2019

Looking at the words and power of female choreographers, here's the mighty Pina Bausch (1940 – 2009). Read more

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Broken Wings: interview with designer Dieuweke van Reij

20 Jan 2019

English National Ballet

On bringing Frida Kahlo's style and paintings to life through costumes. Read more