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Judith Cruickshank

Judith Cruickshank is a journalist who has lived in London all her life. She was first taken to the ballet aged eight and has been watching performances ever since.

June 2021

  • Violetta Elvin<br>1953: Ballerina, Violetta Elvin (Violetta Prokhorova) and John Field (John Greenfield) dancing in Swan Lake. (Photo by Baron/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

    Violetta Elvin obituary

    Influential Russian-born ballet dancer who joined the Sadler’s Wells company in London just after the second world war

July 2020

  • Zizi Jeanmaire performing her signature number Mon Truc en Plumes in 1988

    Zizi Jeanmaire obituary

    Ballerina who shot to fame in a sensational Carmen in 1949 and went on to star in Hollywood films and the Paris music halls

October 2016

  • Chauviré performing with Rudolf Nureyev in the early 1960s.

    Yvette Chauviré obituary

    Star ballerina with a brilliant classical technique renowned for her performances of Giselle

February 2016

October 2015

  • David Drew as Lord Capulet with Tamara Rojo as Juliet in 2001.

    David Drew obituary

    Dancer best known for his character roles who had a 56-year association with the Royal Ballet

May 2015

  • Maya Plisetskaya performing in 1974

    Maya Plisetskaya obituary

    Russian ballerina regarded as one of the greatest dancers of the 20th century who was for many years prevented from appearing in the west

December 2014

  • Alla Sizova and Mikhail Baryshnikov rehearsing in London in 1970.

    Alla Sizova obituary

    Russian ballerina and star of the Kirov, she danced with Nureyev and Baryshnikov

November 2014

  • Nina Timofeyeva as Aegina and Maris Liepa as Crassus in Spartacus at the Bolshoi

    Nina Timofeyeva obituary

    Bolshoi dancer who brought dramatic force to ballet’s classic roles through her strong technique

May 2014

  • Sarasota Ballet

    Dancing in sunshine: Sarasota Ballet shows Frederick Ashton in a new light

    In the Florida company's stripped-back but loving stagings, the great English choreographer's work looks ever fresh and modern, writes Judith Cruickshank

April 2014

  • Marc Platt, ballet dancer, who has died aged 100

    Marc Platt obituary

    Ballets Russes dancer who appeared in films including Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

February 2014

  • Jean Babilée

    Jean Babilée obituary

    Charismatic dancer and choreographer much admired for his athletic brilliance

August 2013

  • FERNANDO ALONSO

    Fernando Alonso obituary

    Dancer, teacher and co-founder of the National Ballet of Cuba

July 2013

  • Milorad Miskovitch and Janine Charrat

    Milorad Miskovitch obituary

    Elegant ballet dancer and choreographer who formed his own company in 1956

June 2013

  • David Wall as Crown Prince Rudolf

    David Wall obituary

    One of the Royal Ballet's leading dancers, best known for his performances of Rudolf in Mayerling

May 2013

  • Rodeo Ballet

    Frederic Franklin obituary

    A major star of the post-Diaghilev Ballets Russes, he was celebrated for his romantic roles

April 2013

  • Maria Tallchief performing in Balanchine's Firebird

    Maria Tallchief obituary

    Brilliant ballerina celebrated for her lengthy association with New York City Ballet

August 2012

  • Richard Cragun

    Richard Cragun obituary

    Virtuoso dancer who formed an unforgettable partnership with Marcia Haydée

July 2012

  • Leo Kersley

    Leo Kersley obituary

    Founder member of the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet, he later helped establish classical ballet in the Netherlands

January 2012

  • Rudi van Dantzig

    Rudi van Dantzig obituary

    Choreographer of socially aware ballets who became a novelist
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