She Persisted
She Persisted
Broken Wings
Iconic painter Frida Kahlo is the heroine of Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Broken Wings, a colourful ballet full of warmth and passion. Based on Kahlo’s life and art, it is “a marvellous image of creativity and power” (The Independent).
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Stina Quagebeur, First Artist of the Company, choreographs her first work for the main stage. Nora is inspired by the lead character in Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House, a woman on the path to independence.
Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
Pina Bausch’s Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) returns following sold out performances in 2017 – only the fourth time it will have been performed in the UK since its creation in 1975.
An equal number of female and male dancers perform on a stage covered in soil, dancing the selection and sacrifice of a victim. The music by Stravinsky is performed live by English National Ballet Philharmonic.
She Persisted builds on She Said, our first all-female choreography programme, created in 2016.
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MEET THE PRINCIPAL CAST
Broken Wings
Katja Khaniukova
Irek Mukhamedov
Nora
Crystal Costa
Jeffrey Cirio
Junor Souza
CREATIVE TEAM
Broken Wings
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Peter Salem
Dieuweke van Reij
Vinny Jones
Nancy Meckler
Nora
Stina Quagebeur
Philip Glass
Louie Whitemore
Trui Malten
Nicola Henshall
Kerry Nicholls
Le Sacre du printemps
Pina Bausch
Igor Stravinsky
Rolf Borzik
Hans Pop
Reviews
“Powerful evening of works staged by women”
“English National Ballet on such irresistible form”
“Stellar triple bill”
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