By Robert Gottlieb 7/17/06 12:00am

A New Sleeping Beauty, Brought to Life by Cojocaru

A new Giselle? A new Swan Lake? Another day, another dollar. But a new Sleeping Beauty is always an event, and for many reasons. Its score is Tchaikovsky’s greatest, which means ballet’s greatest. Its demands on a ballet company are enormous: huge cast, opulent sets and costumes, a special brand of ballerina, a rigorous and Read More

By Robert Gottlieb 6/06/05 12:00am

Optimism at Royal Ballet As Company Finds Its Bearings

Ballet companies have their ups and downs, just like the rest of us. In recent years we’ve watched American Ballet Theatre rising, New York City Ballet falling, the Kirov and the Bolshoi struggling to regain their former glory. But no major company has had a more confusing time than London’s Royal Ballet, which has not Read More