

Q&A With 'anne of green gables' creatives
Each year, a favourite children’s story is transformed by London Children's Ballet with an original scenario full of humour, drama and...


English National Ballet: 'The Forsythe Evening'
To The Pointe sent Simonetta Dixon along to English National Ballet's 'Forsythe Evening' at Sadler's Wells and what an impression it...


'Romeo and Juliet' at The Royal Ballet
When you are fortunate enough to see the same ballet more than once, and with multiple casts, you are given not only the gift of seeing...


The Beauty of ballet
There is something so magnificent about the Royal Albert Hall. As you approach it from South Kensington tube station, turning the corner...


The ballerinas swapping pointes for paints...
What happens when you spend your life dancing non-stop to find one morning that it’s all indefinitely on hold? It seemed everyone, no...


Birmingham Royal Ballet: Triple Bill at Sadler's Wells
I will always love Birmingham Royal Ballet for many reasons, but in 2020, my main form of such love is that they are the company that...


The Royal Ballet: Back on Stage
What a year. Anyone else bloated, hungover and fed up? Not just me I hope. There’s been a lot of discussion recently about the future of...


My Top 5: Iconic Tutu Moments
When people think of ballet, the majority will picture a ballerina wearing a tutu dancing to some piece of enchanting classical music....


To The Pointe meets Niamh de Valera
Now more than ever we need to be supporting the arts, but as I trudge through the news, the stories that seem to be getting the most...


Gala Evening with Stars of the Bayerisches Staatsballett
If there’s any benefit to come out of this global pandemic, it’s being able to watch a variety of dance and ballet from companies that we...