2008
All Tchaikovsky
Natasha Rogai, South China Morning Post, 1 April 2008
This is a well-constructed programme featuring Balanchine's classic Theme and Variations and The Way Alone, a new work commissioned from Stephen Baynes, resident choreographer of the Australian Ballet...
2007
Momentum
Natasha Rogai, South China Morning Post, 13 November 2007
Hong Kong Ballet has gone out on a limb with its new triple bill, Momentum. Two works – one classical, one modern, and both notorious for their technical difficulty – plus a new piece choreographed by one of the company's dancers. Happily, the risk has paid off and the programme shows the troupe well on the way to artistic director John Meehan's goal of making them a world class company...
Cinderella
Kevin Ng, ballet.co.uk, Sept 2007
The Hong Kong Ballet has become a far more interesting company to follow since John Meehan took office as the artistic director over a year ago. The repertory is more diverse than before. There are now plans to stage Balanchine's Rubies next year after the company's successful premiere of the the master's two other masterpieces - Theme and Variations and Tchaikovsky pas de deux - last season...
The Merry Widow
Natasha Rogai, ballet.co.uk, May 2007
Created in 1975, Ronald Hynd's The Merry Widow has been performed by new fewer than 12 different companies around the world, and it is easy to see why it has stood the test of time. With its vividly-drawn characters, well-crafted, musical choreography, gorgeous designs and irresistible score, this is truly that rare and wondrous thing – a classic 3 act ballet...
Merry Widow Review
Margaret Lau, Ta Kung Pao, 1 Jun 2007
(Review in Chinese)
Romeo and Juliet
Kevin Ng, Financial Times, 26 Mar 2007
After its successful premiere of the Balanchine programme last autumn, Hong Kong Ballet's second premiere this season under director John Meehan showed the company's increasing strength as a dramatic ensemble....