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City Ballet opened its London season on Wednesday with a triple bill of central Balanchine ballets — “Serenade,” “Agon,” “Symphony in C” — and at once London dancegoers began complaining of, yes, all those same old things.

Ballet in London: Frightful Tutus and Horrid Wrists - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com

Now, when the Royal Ballet dances a good deal of Balanchine itself and New York City Ballet presents a program of “Serenade,” “Agon,” and “Symphony in C,” a few London dancegoers can claim that the Royal dances all three ballets better than City Ballet.

Ballet in London: ‘Serenade,’ ‘Agon,’ and ‘Symphony in C’ - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com

True, these three ballets are now aspects of Balanchine very familiar to British dancegoers.

Ballet in London: ‘Serenade,’ ‘Agon,’ and ‘Symphony in C’ - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com

New York City Ballet opened its season at the London Coliseum on Wednesday with a program of three Balanchine ballets London dancegoers have often seen danced by the Royal Ballet: “Serenade,” “Agon” and “Symphony in C.”

Ballet in London: NYCB and The Royal go Toe to Toe - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com

Now, when the Royal Ballet dances a good deal of Balanchine itself and New York City Ballet presents a program of “Serenade,” “Agon,” and “Symphony in C,” a few London dancegoers can claim that the Royal dances all three ballets better than City Ballet.

Ballet in London: ‘Serenade,’ ‘Agon,’ and ‘Symphony in C’ - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com

They are fairly well drilled: the dancers all do the same step on the same beat (this is what some London dancegoers miss in New York City Ballet), and they all show the same understanding of “unbroken” wrists (which most London dancegoers would welcome in City Ballet).

Ballet in London: ‘Sleeping Beauty’ at Covent Garden - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com

True, these three ballets are now aspects of Balanchine very familiar to British dancegoers.

Ballet in London: ‘Serenade,’ ‘Agon,’ and ‘Symphony in C’ - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com

City Ballet opened its London season on Wednesday with a triple bill of central Balanchine ballets — “Serenade,” “Agon,” “Symphony in C” — and at once London dancegoers began complaining of, yes, all those same old things.

Ballet in London: Frightful Tutus and Horrid Wrists - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com

They are fairly well drilled: the dancers all do the same step on the same beat (this is what some London dancegoers miss in New York City Ballet), and they all show the same understanding of “unbroken” wrists (which most London dancegoers would welcome in City Ballet).

Ballet in London: ‘Sleeping Beauty’ at Covent Garden - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com

New York City Ballet opened its season at the London Coliseum on Wednesday with a program of three Balanchine ballets London dancegoers have often seen danced by the Royal Ballet: “Serenade,” “Agon” and “Symphony in C.”

Ballet in London: NYCB and The Royal go Toe to Toe - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com