Review: Ballet Central mixed bill – Central School of Ballet’s graduate company
Graham Watts sees Ballet Central perform four works: Solitaire, BOLERO 18, REPLICA, and Times Square Ballet.
Kenneth MacMillan
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Valentino Zucchetti leaves The Royal Ballet
First Soloist Valentino Zucchetti is to leave The Royal Ballet after 16 years to pursue his choreographic and producing career.
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Review: English National Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty with Ivana Bueno and Lorenzo Trossello
Matthew Paluch sees The Sleeping Beauty at The Royal Albert Hall – good dancing with a digital backdrop that brings the story and score to life even more.
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Review: English National Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty with Emma Hawes and Aitor Arrieta
Graham Watts sees the opening night of The Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Albert Hall but is disappointed by a staging that militates against the magic.
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Interview: English National Ballet’s Anri Sugiura – dancing with ease, softness and elegance
English National Ballet’s First Artist Anri Sugiura shares her journey from Japan to London, her debut at the Royal Albert Hall, and her pursuit of excellence.
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Review: Ballet Nights, New Futures – the opportunity to compare and contrast
Graham Watts sees New Futures from Ballet Nights, featuring 150 dancers from seven leading dance schools, but it needed pruning and better management.
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Royal Ballet and Opera unveils new stage curtains during special Gala performance
On 14 May, after 3 decades and tens of thousands of performances, the Royal Ballet and Opera unveils its new stage curtains as part of a Gala performance.
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Interview: The Royal Ballet’s William Bracewell on his journey to Mayerling
Lily Hyde talks to William Bracewell about preparing to play Prince Rudolf in The Royal Ballet’s Mayerling, his acting process, and an unlikely source of inspiration.
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Interview: Royal Ballet Principal Calvin Richardson on life before and after Mayerling
After his debut in the ballet Mayerling, The Royal Ballet’s Calvin Richardson spoke with Lily Hyde about his dream role and his career as Principal Dancer.
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San Francisco Ballet – The Complete 2026-2027 Season
Ballet’s past, present, and future are explored in the 2026-2027 season, San Francisco Ballet announced this week.
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The Royal Ballet – complete 2026-2027 Season
The complete presentation, calendar and production details of the full Royal Ballet 2026-2027 Season.
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Review: William Bracewell gives a Shakespearean performance in his debut in Mayerling with The Royal Ballet
Lily Hyde sees William Bracewell’s debut in Mayerling – one of The Royal Ballet’s most intelligent dancers, a singular performer who evades comparison.
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Review: Calvin Richardson makes an expressive and beautifully danced debut in The Royal Ballet’s Mayerling
Jonathan Gray sees Calvin Richardson’s debut in Mayerling with The Royal Ballet – Tall, elegantly proportioned, expressive and blessed with great physical strength.
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Review: Matthew Ball is riveting in The Royal Ballet’s Mayerling
Jonathan Gray sees a myriad of fine performances on Mayerling’s opening night, but none finer than Matthew Ball in Laura Morera’s detailed revival for The Royal Ballet.
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Review: Kafka with the National Ballet of Brno – a tour de force for Arthur Abram in the title role
Graham Watts admires the National Ballet of Brno’s Kafka – it’s a physical challenge to match the role of Rudolf in MacMillan’s Mayerling.
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The Royal Ballet School looks to the future as it celebrates its 100th anniversary
Matthew Paluch attended a Royal Ballet School Centenary Insight Day. Like the school’s founder, Ninette de Valois, he believes we need more than feelings; we need intelligence.
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Review: Covent Garden Choreographics with New English Ballet Theatre
Lily Hyde sees New English Ballet Theatre at Royal Ballet & Opera in Covent Garden Choreographics – a company whose ambitions far outpace its resources.
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Youth America Grand Prix’s 2026 Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow Gala
Ballet stars will join Youth America Grand Prix to celebrate this year’s Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow Gala on Thursday 16 April in New York.
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Patricio Revé joins The Royal Ballet as Principal dancer
Director of The Royal Ballet, Kevin O’Hare, today announced that Patricio Revé will join the Company as a Principal dancer from the start of the 2026/27 Season.
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The best dozen dance shows of 2025 – a legacy of memories from Graham Watts’ year in dance
Dance writer Graham Watts looks back at a year of dance and chooses 12 performances from the 157 he saw during 2025.
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Review: Kenneth MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty with English National Ballet
Lily Hyde sees English National Ballet in Kenneth MacMillan’s 1987 version of The Sleeping Beauty, created for American Ballet Theatre.
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Review: Astana Ballet Theatre in Two Carpets – “amongst the best new full-length narrative ballets that I have seen”
Graham Watts sees Two Carpets, the new ballet for Astana Ballet Theatre – an outstanding new entry to the global ballet repertoire.
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Rocio Aleman answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Rocio Aleman was born in Monterrey, Mexico. In 2008 she went to Stuttgart to train at the John Cranko Schule, in 2011 she joined the Stuttgart Ballet becoming Principal Dancer in 2021.
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Interview: Tamara Rojo, San Francisco Ballet’s Artistic Director – bringing the art of ballet forward
Ann Haskins talks to Tamara Rojo as she begins her third season as Artistic Director of San Francisco Ballet.
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American Ballet Theatre’s programme for Fall Gala honouring Misty Copeland
American Ballet Theatre announces programme to honour Misty Copeland at Fall Gala celebration on Wednesday 22 October 2025 at the Lincoln Center.
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Review: Gala Mario Porcile at the Nervi Festival – international stars in a refined programme
Graham Spicer sees Gala Mario Porcile at the Nervi Festival, with dancers from The Royal Ballet, Hamburg, Dutch and Bavarian State Ballet companies, and ABT.
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Tonight – closing gala of the Nervi International Ballet Festival 2025, near Genoa
This evening, the Nervi International Ballet Festival 2025 closes with a gala dedicated to its founder – the Mario Porcile Gala – with international stars.
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Rocchetta Grand Jeté 2025 – Royal Ballet dancers in the Monferrato wine district
The Marchesi Incisa della Rocchetta Winery hosted Royal Ballet dancers in Piedmont, Italy, for Rocchetta Grand Jeté 2005,
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Review: The Royal Ballet at the Nervi Festival celebrating Ashton and Paris Opera Ballet’s Signature Pieces
Graham Spicer sees The Royal Ballet and Paris Opera Ballet at the Nervi Festival, with the London company pulling aces out of its sleeve.
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Interview: The Royal Ballet’s Giacomo Rovero on dancing among the vines – Rocchetta Grand Jeté
Royal Ballet Soloist Giacomo Rovero on his career and organising the upcoming Rocchetta Grand Jeté in an Italian vineyard.
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