“All dance companies go through ups and downs, but English National Ballet seems to have spent more time at the bottom of the seesaw than fate or fortune should decree… So if you saw the job of artistic director advertised would you want it? Well, apparently many people did. This is, after all, a big company with an outstanding history, 64 dancers, a full orchestra, £5.5 million in Arts Council funding and the potential to bring quality ballet to audiences around Britain. Enter Wayne Eagling, former Royal Ballet star and the man handed the job of putting English National Ballet back on track.”