<B>No more cheap frills</B><BR>by Debra Craine<BR>The Times<BR>British ballet must evolve to survive. Our critic reports on the changes in our two top companies<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Here’s a question for ballet-lovers in the 21st century. How much do you want your art form to change? That’s the issue facing Britain’s two biggest ballet companies, the Royal Ballet and English National Ballet, both of whom recently acquired new directors committed to expanding the artistic horizons of their respective companies. In a few years, assuming they get what they want, the landscape of British ballet will have changed considerably, thanks to Ross Stretton at the Royal and Matz Skoog at ENB. But what kind of landscape is that shaping up to be? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,266-250665,00.html" TARGET=_blank><B>more...</B></A>