† by JAMES MONAHAN
A large section of the Bolshoi Ballet performed in London this summer. In September the New York City Ballet, under its director and chief choreographer, George Balanchine. spent a fort. night at Covent Garden. James Monahan. who under the name of James Kennedy writes The Guardian's ballet criticism, ana. lyses the work of these two leading foreign companies, and com. Pares it with that of the Royal Ballet.