Lesley Downer

How claims of cultural appropriation scuppered an acclaimed new ballet

7 September 2024 9:00 am

On 14 March 2020 I was at Leeds Grand Theatre for the première of Northern Ballet’s Geisha. The curtains swung…

Uzbekistan: where east meets west and past meets present

14 December 2019 9:00 am

You realise what a rarity western tourists are when the locals ask to take selfies with you. I was standing…