LEST WE FORGET Barbican, London EC2

To mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1 Tamara Rojo, artistic director of English National Ballet, commissioned three choreographers, Liam Scarlett, Russell Malaphant and Akram Khan, to create three ballets. Her aim, she said, was to challenge any stereotypical public preconception about ENB. Lest We Forget is a landmark in ENB’s history and will gain her new audiences. The ballets, requiems to the 10 million who died, are full of powerful and emotive images. The ensemble work is particularly fine.