Northern Ballet Theatre: CleopatraFor choreographers of story ballets, finding that all-important accessible title or familiar score is a constant challenge. David Nixon has, in recent years, created versions of Dracula, Wuthering Heights and Madam Butterfly as well as productions of the 19th-century classical repertory. This season he turns to the charismatic legend of Cleopatra: queen of Egypt and femme fatale of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PM on February 25, 2011