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| Akram Khan and Russell Maliphant to create works for ENB | Akram Khan and Russell Maliphant to create works for ENB |
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| New works by British choreographers Akram Khan, Russell Maliphant and Liam Scarlett are to be created for English National Ballet as part of a programme inspired by the centenary of the first world war. | New works by British choreographers Akram Khan, Russell Maliphant and Liam Scarlett are to be created for English National Ballet as part of a programme inspired by the centenary of the first world war. |
| The commissions announced on Monday are the first by the company's artistic director Tamara Rojo, who took over last September, and are part of her stated ambition to "collaborate with those people I think are the best". | The commissions announced on Monday are the first by the company's artistic director Tamara Rojo, who took over last September, and are part of her stated ambition to "collaborate with those people I think are the best". |
| Getting Khan and Maliphant represents something of a coup for the company as neither has collaborated with a classical ballet company before. | Getting Khan and Maliphant represents something of a coup for the company as neither has collaborated with a classical ballet company before. |
| Khan said he had resisted approaches and said yes only because of Rojo. "The reason I have always had a little bit of anxiety about working with ballet companies is because I didn't necessarily trust the vision of the artistic directors," he said. | Khan said he had resisted approaches and said yes only because of Rojo. "The reason I have always had a little bit of anxiety about working with ballet companies is because I didn't necessarily trust the vision of the artistic directors," he said. |
| The arrival of Rojo at ENB with a "fresh, strong and committed vision" was what led to him agreeing to create a new work, although he admitted: "I have no idea what I'm going to do." | The arrival of Rojo at ENB with a "fresh, strong and committed vision" was what led to him agreeing to create a new work, although he admitted: "I have no idea what I'm going to do." |
| The new pieces will be known collectively as Lest We Forget and will be accompanied by a reworking of Firebird by an ENB associate artist, George Williamson. They will all be performed at the Barbican, the first time that ENB, a touring company, has performed there. | The new pieces will be known collectively as Lest We Forget and will be accompanied by a reworking of Firebird by an ENB associate artist, George Williamson. They will all be performed at the Barbican, the first time that ENB, a touring company, has performed there. |
| ENB's relationship with the Coliseum continues with performances of Le Corsaire, Nutcracker at Christmas and Coppelia in the summer of 2014. | ENB's relationship with the Coliseum continues with performances of Le Corsaire, Nutcracker at Christmas and Coppelia in the summer of 2014. |
| Rojo also announced that she and ballet superstar Carlos Acosta are to dance together in Derek Deane's in the round production of Romeo and Juliet – choreography that was created for Rojo back in 1997. With its 120 dancers and actors it will be staged at the Royal Albert Hall in June 2014. | Rojo also announced that she and ballet superstar Carlos Acosta are to dance together in Derek Deane's in the round production of Romeo and Juliet – choreography that was created for Rojo back in 1997. With its 120 dancers and actors it will be staged at the Royal Albert Hall in June 2014. |
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