Blog - English National Ballet

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English National Ballet's Spring Gala 201 at The Dorchester © Photography by ASH

Our Spring Gala raises a record-breaking £320,000

22 Mar 2019

This year’s Spring Gala, our biggest fundraising event of the year, raised a record-breaking £320,000 to support English National Ballet with a special pledge for the new costumes being created for Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella in-the-round. Read more

Production Insights

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

Akram Khan’s Giselle: Audience Reaction

02 Jan 2019

Since its premiere in 2016, Akram Khan's re-imagining of Giselle has moved audiences worldwide (live, in cinemas and on DVD/Blu-ray). Here is a little of what they shared about the production Read more

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Nutcracker: Audience Reaction

19 Dec 2018

Read how audiences enjoyed Nutcracker at the London Coliseum. Read more