London City Ballet announces a 20 Venue UK and European tour
London City Ballet’s Artistic Director Christopher Marney has announced the company’s touring plans for the 2025 season as well as the full company of dancers for the season. The tour takes in 8 UK venues, Spain, Portugal, Greece and an 8 venue tour of France. The details are below.
The programme for the tour and Sadler’s Wells Theatre will include Alexei Ratmansky‘s Pictures at an Exhibition, George Balanchine‘s Haieff Divertimento, Liam Scarlett‘s Consolations & Lieberstraum and a new creation from Florent Melac, Soft Shore.
To conclude the season the company will make its debut at the Linbury Theatre, as part of the Royal Ballet and Opera’s 2025/26 season performing the London premiere of Jerome Robbins’ Quiet City and a new work by Tasha Chu.
Last year in London City Ballet’s first season back after 30 years it was a UK Theatre Awards nominee for ‘Achievement in Dance’ and DanceEurope’s Critics Choice for ‘Best Company’, ‘New Name to Watch’, ‘Best Director’ and ‘Best Revival’ for Kenneth MacMillan‘s Ballade.
Alina Cojocaru (as guest artist), Alejandro Virelles, Joseph Taylor, Nicholas Vavrečka. Arthur Wille, Jimin Kim & Cira Robinson will return to dance in the coming season and will be joined by 15 dancers, representative of 10 nationalities, from artists at the start of their career to experienced principal dancers: Samuele Barzaghi (formerly Paris Opera Ballet), Yuria Isaka (former soloist at Staataballett Berlin), Sahel Flora Pascual (formerly School of American Ballet, Ballet Austin), Constance Devernay-Laurence (former Principal at Scottish Ballet/TV actress), Josue Gomez (formerly Birmingham Royal Ballet), Pilar Ortega (formerly Joffrey Ballet Studio Company, Indianapolis Ballet), Siméon Sorange-Félicité (formerly Conservatoire de Paris) and Lydia Rose Hough (formerly English National Ballet School).
Tour dates
Portugal, Sintra Festival, June 28-29
Blackpool, Grand July 12
Surrey, Grange Park Opera ‘A Gala of British Ballet’ (excerpts) July 13
Oxford, New Theatre July 16-17
Bath, Theatre Royal July 24-26
Birmingham, Rep July 29-30
Biarritz, France, Festival Le Temps d’aimer la danse 8 September
London, Sadler’s Wells Theatre September 13-14
Athens, Greece, details to be announced soon
Reims, France, Opéra de Reims 1 October
Saint-Germain en Laye, France, Théâtre Alexandre Dumas 4 October
Mérignac, France, Le Pin Galant 7 October
La Ciotat, France, La Chaudronnerie 9 October
Salon de Provence, France, Théâtre Armand 11 October
Romans-sur-Isère, France, Romans Scènes 14 October
Istres, France, L’Usine 16 October
Santander, Spain, Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria 25 October
York, Theatre Royal November 14-15
London, Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House 19-22 November
In addition, there will be a project with Baryshnikov Arts in New York – the details will be announced this summer.
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