<B>Ballet dances in rival territory </B><BR>Maev Kennedy, arts and heritage correspondent<BR>Guardian<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>The English National Ballet is about to pirouette into the lion's den, the home of its arch rival, the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden. <P>"We will of course be anxious to put our best foot forward," artistic director Matz Skoog said yesterday. <P>The distance between their London performing bases, at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, and the Coliseum in St Martin's Lane, is only about half a mile geographically, but huge artistically. The English National Ballet has been seen as younger, sharper, more willing to take risks, and much cheaper; the Royal Ballet as grander, faithful to the classical tradition, and much wealthier. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4376920,00.html" TARGET=_blank><B>more...</B></A><P><BR>
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