Royal Opera House, LondonAn immensely satisfying tribute to the choreographer is full of invention, emotion and dazzling precision George Balanchine's Serenade has the most beautiful opening in ballet. Seventeen women standing like statues, bathed in cool blue light, raise one hand in the air, palms outwards, as the music of Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings surges around them. It has the most elegiac closing moment…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM on April 6, 2025