Hanna Weibye | The Arts Desk

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Hanna Weibye

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Hanna trained as a historian at the University of Cambridge and wrote a PhD thesis on Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, the inventor of "German gymnastics". As well as regularly reviewing dance in London, she has produced, choreographed for and danced in ballet and contemporary shows in Cambridge.

Articles By Hanna Weibye

Best of 2016: Dance & Ballet Monday, 26 December 2016 Read more...	The Nutcracker, Royal Ballet Thursday, 24 November 2016 Read more...
Akram Khan's Giselle, Sadler's Wells Saturday, 19 November 2016 Read more...	Wayne McGregor triple bill, Royal Ballet Friday, 11 November 2016 Read more...
Anastasia, Royal Ballet Thursday, 27 October 2016 Read more...	Shakespeare triple bill, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Sadler's Wells Wednesday, 12 October 2016 Read more...
The Sleeping Beauty, Australian Ballet, cinema broadcast Thursday, 06 October 2016 Read more...	Carlos Acosta, The Classical Farewell, Royal Albert Hall Tuesday, 04 October 2016 Read more...
La Fille mal gardée, Royal Ballet Thursday, 29 September 2016 Read more...	The Flames of Paris, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House Saturday, 06 August 2016 Read more...
The Taming of the Shrew, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House Thursday, 04 August 2016 Read more...	Swan Lake, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House Saturday, 30 July 2016 Read more...
Cinderella, Ratmansky/Australian Ballet, London Coliseum Thursday, 21 July 2016 Read more...	Swan Lake, Australian Ballet, London Coliseum Thursday, 14 July 2016 Read more...
Natalia Osipova, Sadler's Wells Friday, 01 July 2016 Read more...	Betroffenheit, Sadler's Wells/Ballet BC, Birmingham Hippodrome Thursday, 02 June 2016 Read more...

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