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  • Tiler Peck, Miguel Teixeira and Kirica Takahashi in rehearsal for Three Short Ballets. Photo Emily Spencer

    Northern Ballet Returns to the Linbury with Three Short Ballets

    Northern Ballet is heading back to the Royal Ballet and Opera’s Linbury Theatre with a triple bill that brings together some of dance’s most distinctive voices, past and present. Read more

  • Steven McRae and Vasko Vassiliev in rehearsal - photo by Max Miechowsk

    Interview: Steven McRae and Vasko Vassilev talk about their upcoming Royal Ballet project at the Linbury Theatre

    The Royal Ballet opens its 2026/27 Linbury Theatre season on 11 September with The McRae / Vassilev Project, a unique evening of music and dance. Read more

  • Don Quixote - Alice Mariani Mattia Semperboni, photo Brescia and Amisano (c) Teatro alla Scala (8)

    Review: Don Quixote at La Scala with Alice Mariani and Mattia Semperboni

    Graham Spicer sees La Scala Ballet in Nureyev’s production of Don Quixote featuring sparkling performances under the magical baton of Gavriel Heine. Read more

  • Swan Lake - Ballet de Santiago - 11

    Review: Ballet de Santiago in Swan Lake – the company’s energy and attack compensate for the weak dramatic narrative

    Matthew Paluch sees Swan Lake in Dublin with the Ballet de Santiago, where he found a company full of young, capable artists. Read more

  • Carla Fracci and Gheorghe Iancu in a pas de deux celebrating Virginia Zucchi 1984

    Eleven ballerinas, one Fracci: celebrating what would have been Carla Fracci’s 90th birthday

    Today – 20 August 2026 – would have been Carla Fracci’s 90th birthday. To mark the occasion, we look back at one of the most audacious projects of her career. Read more

  • WINNDance - 5

    Time Does Not Exist: WINNDance is giving great dancers a second act

    For dancers over 40, retirement is close. A new company, WINNDance, is challenging that assumption. Read more

  • Anna Moffo with Mario Lanfranchi filming La traviata

    Anna Moffo: La Diva La Donna – a new exhibition opens at Villa Lanfranchi

    Twenty years after her death, Anna Moffo returns – in photographs – to the house where her Italian life was rooted. Read more

  • 10-year-old Nathan - 1

    From Milan to Paris: ten-year-old Nathan is off to the Paris Opéra

    Ten-year-old Nathan is leaving Milan for Paris this September, joining the Opéra’s Dance School after beating out 50 hopefuls for a spot. Read more

  • Elliott Franks

    Dance photographer Elliott Franks dies at 62

    The talented, well-respected, and much-loved photographer Elliott Franks has died at his London home at age 62. Read more

  • Igor Tsvirko in Spartacus, Bolshoi Ballet

    Nutcracker and Swan Lake at risk: fraud case opened over Grigorovich’s ballet legacy

    Audiences at the Bolshoi Theatre could find themselves without 11 of its well-known productions after a dispute over the rights to Yuri Grigorovich’s choreographic legacy. Read more

  • Adina - Rossini Opera Festival 2018 (1)

    Rossini Opera Festival 2027 – two new productions: La donna del lago and Tancredi

    As the 2026 Rossini Opera Festival opened at Pesaro, the Festival announced its plans for 2027. Read more

  • Piano illustration

    Interview: Leone Magiera – Pavarotti and me, by the man who conducted his first and last performances

    Leone Magiera, the pianist and conductor, now 92, reflects on life with his dearest friend, Luciano Pavarotti. Read more