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Dance

Does a tart like Manon have a place in the Royal Ballet repertoire?

Plus: Mats Ek's Juliet and Romeo at Sadler's Wells reveals the Swede is a piercing portraitist of women

4 October 2014

9:00 AM

4 October 2014

9:00 AM

Manon

Royal Ballet, in rep until 1 November

Juliet & Romeo

Sadler’s Wells

What can the Royal Opera House be insinuating about its target audience? No sooner had Anna Nicole closed than Manon opened the new ballet season. Kenneth MacMillan’s gold-digger turns 40 this year but her promiscuous allure shows no signs of failing punters with money to burn on sex thrills. I once took my partner to see Sylvie Guillem as Manon.

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