

ToThePointe's Last Season Highlights
Liam Scarlett’s ‘Swan Lake’ at The Royal Ballet You can’t talk about last season at The Royal Ballet without mentioning Liam Scarlett’s...


Coping with ballet withdrawal!
There’s no need to look at your calendar to see when summer ends; nature does that for us. The rain starts to kick in, the leaves fall to...


Birmingham Royal Ballet's 'Romeo and Juliet'
I’ve always had a soft spot for Birmingham Royal Ballet. Their versions of The Nutcracker and Still Life at the Penguin Café on VHS were...


Northern Ballet's 'Jane Eyre' reviewed by Janet McNulty
Cathy Marston was commissioned to create Jane Eyre for Northern Ballet’s tour to smaller theatres in 2016. Two years later it has been...


Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov in 'Manon'
I wasn’t planning on writing about Thursday night’s performance of the Royal Ballet’s Manon. I’ve written about Sarah Lamb and Vadim...


Bayerische Staatsballett's 'Onegin'
I’m not entirely sure why I haven’t written about Bayerisches Staatsballett’s production of Onegin yet but what I am sure of is that it’s...
ToThePointe's Ones to Watch in 2018
It’s a new year which means more dance and ballet yippee! I found it too difficult this year to choose my highlights from 2017 so have...


'Sylvia' at the Royal Ballet
Greek mythology has always been my thing. I had a ‘myths and legends’ book that my mum used to read to me when she would put me to sleep...


Hofesh Shechter's 'Grand Finale'
There's a moment at the end of The Beatles song 'Hey Jude' where Paul McCartney and the rest of the band begin to chant 'na na na...


Dorrance Dance at Sadler's Wells
My knowledge of tap all stems from Fred Astaire. In fact, I don't know too much about tap other than what I've seen from Astaire's golden...