Review: Night of the Guitar at the Flamenco Festival London 2026 – an intoxicating watch
Matthew Paluch sees Night of the Guitar at the Flamenco Festival London 2026 – artists at the top of their game, yet it feels intimate and improvisational.
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American Ballet Theatre’s Jake Roxander is promoted to Principal Dancer
American Ballet Theatre dancer Jake Roxander has been promoted to Principal Dancer as of 1 September 2026.
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Review: Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – magic, mischief and romance in Rome
Reviewer Marta Mele sees Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Rome, discovering a delightful balance of theatrical magic, lyrical romance and effortless laughter.
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Interview: León and Lightfoot at The Royal Ballet – life, age, and change… a very beautiful message
Graham Spicer talked with choreographers Sol León and Paul Lightfoot – León and Lightfoot – after the opening night of their new double bill for The Royal Ballet.
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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: Stephanie Lake’s COLOSSUS arrives in London – young dancers fulfilled Lake’s vision with ebullience
Graham Watts sees COLOSSUS – Stephanie Lake creates fascinating, kaleidoscopic movement from a mass of bodies made the more powerful by the rarity of the quantum.
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Review: Interplay, the mixed bill by Phoenix Dance Theatre
Matt Paluch sees four contemporary works performed by Phoenix Dance Theatre, with Pett Clausen Knight’s Small Talk showing substance over style.
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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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Review: Rocío Molina’s Calentamiento – Flamenco Festival London 2026
Jonathan Gray sees “idiosyncratic and hugely talented” Rocío Molina in Calentamiento, bringing something new and entirely individual to the world of Flamenco.
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Review: A Life in Four Seasons – unmemorable dancing to Vivaldi in Regent’s Park
Graham Watts sees A Life in Four Seasons – there was much to admire, but the production was confusing, and the choreography struggled to get beyond bland.
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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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Interview: Mob behaviour and control hit the South Bank in Stephanie Lake’s Colossus
Australian choreographer Stephanie Lake talks with Graham Watts about Colossus, her work for 50 dancers that has toured the world since 2018.
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Review: Birmingham Royal Ballet performs 20th-Century Masterpieces
Graham Watts sees Ashton’s Birthday Offering, Jooss’s The Green Table and Balanchine’s Theme and Variations – an excellent programme to close a very good year at BRB.
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Review: Gala Flamenca, the most anticipated event of Flamenco Festival London
Jonathan Gray sees the Gala Flamenca in London and is reminded, once again, just how utterly thrilling an art form Flamenco can be.
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Review: Compañía Rafaela Carrasco in CREAVIVA – Flamenco Festival London 2026
Jonathan Gray feels that the Compañía Rafaela Carrasco’s CREAVIVA was an anticlimax after the excitement of the opening night of Flamenco Festival London.
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Review: Acosta Danza Yunior’s Next Generation – nothing made my artistic soul soar
Matthew Paluch sees Acosta Danza Yunior in four contemporary works but, all in all, it wasn’t a very inspiring night.
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Davis Aloschi, a 15-year-old La Scala ballet student, dies in tragic accident
Davis Aloschi, a 15-year-old student at La Scala’s ballet school, died in a crash between two scooters.
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Review: Compañía de Danza Jesús Carmona in UnYdos – Flamenco Festival London 2026
Jonathan Gray sees Jesús Carmona and company in UnYdos, which gives everything you could ever want from a Flamenco show – dance and music at its very best.
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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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Review: Marco da Silva Ferreira’s F*cking Future – mesmerising force
Graham Watts sees F*cking Future and finds himself warming to the work of Marco da Silva Ferreira.
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Winners of the 2025 National Dance Awards
The winners of the 2025 National Dance Awards were announced today, marking the 26th anniversary of the awards (#NDA26).
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Natalia Osipova to make her West End debut in a new play
Royal Ballet Principal dancer Natalia Osipova to make her West End debut in The Standard of Living, a new play by James Graham based on the life of John Maynard Keynes.
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Review: So Are We, León and Lightfoot – a five-star double bill from The Royal Ballet
Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel flavours the spirit of contemporary ballet in León and Lightfoot’s Shoot the Moon and Salle de Danse for The Royal Ballet.
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Review: Debuts 3 – Leticia Dias and Joseph Sissens in The Royal Ballet’s La Fille mal gardée
Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel sees Leticia Dias and Joseph Sissens as Lise and Colas, “finding love, the Ashton way”, in Ballet’s La Fille mal gardée.
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Interview: Darcey Bussell on her time at Birmingham Royal Ballet and Frederick Ashton’s Birthday Offering
Dame Darcey Bussell reflects on the start of her career with Birmingham Royal Ballet, performing Birthday Offering, and its technical demands.
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Review: Debuts 2 – Mayara Magri and Leo Dixon in The Royal Ballet’s La Fille mal gardée
Matthew Paluch sees two debuts in The Royal Ballet’s La Fille mal gardée – Mayara Magri and Leo Dixon. The joy and embodiment were real, and consequently, Ashton’s genius lives on.
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Review: The Joffrey Ballet brings choreographer Yuri Possokhov’s Eugene Onegin thrillingly to life
Scott C Morgan sees Yuri Possokhov’s Eugene Onegin with a new lush, cinematic score by Ilya Demutsky – with dashing José Pablo Castro Cuevas and masterful Victoria Jaiani.
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Review: Debuts 1 – Sae Maeda and Matthew Ball in The Royal Ballet’s La Fille mal gardée
Graham Watts sees The Royal Ballet’s La Fille mal gardée with Sae Maeda making her debut as Lise with sunshine, smiles, soaring legs and coy naughtiness.
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Review: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at La Scala – it is pure joy
Graham Spicer sees Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in Milan – beneath the spectacle is a quiet emotional core.
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