Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella returns for its 30th anniversary with an almost entirely new cast
New Adventures names the cast for its 30th-anniversary UK tour of Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella, with an almost entirely new line-up of principals
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Last-minute curtain rises on a labour dispute instead of San Francisco Opera’s season
San Francisco Opera union musicians’ first-ever strike pits proposed wage freeze for orchestra against executive pay increases.
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Royal Ballet and Opera bets on the future of dance and opera with FUTUREWORKS and NOW
Royal Ballet and Opera launches FUTUREWORKS and NOW, two long-term programmes to nurture new choreographers and composers, with Wayne McGregor and Pam Tanowitz mentoring.
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Royal Ballet School centenary gala sees students alongside The Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and The Royal Ballet School unite to celebrate a century of training and artistic legacy.
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Tony Award winner Arturo Lyons and Pontus Lidberg among artists at 2026 Hudson Valley Dance Festival
The Hudson Valley Dance Festival returns on 10 October 2026, bringing together an eclectic mix of contemporary dance artists, choreographers, and companies.
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San Francisco Opera’s season launch derailed as orchestra strike forces cancellations
San Francisco Opera’s 104th season opens in turmoil as an orchestra strike forces the cancellation of Simon Boccanegra and Opera in the Park.
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Architecture in Motion: Floating Architectural Spaces brings Music, Memory and Baroque Imagination to Boston Manor House
Kieran White and Daniel Murphy perform at Boston Manor House as Alec & Franz’s immersive exhibition explores architecture, opera and the Baroque imagination.
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Alexei Ratmansky returns to Kyiv to stage Balanchine’s Donizetti Variations
Alexei Ratmansky has returned to Kyiv to stage George Balanchine’s Donizetti Variations, marking the first certified Balanchine production ever mounted by a Ukrainian ballet company.
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Sir Richard Alston (1948-2026): the choreographer who taught Britain to listen to dance
Sir Richard Alston, choreographer, teacher, artistic director and tireless advocate for dance, died on 7 September 2026 at the age of 77.
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Herman Cornejo and James Whiteside to give farewell performances with American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre has announced that Herman Cornejo and James Whiteside will retire from the company during the 2027 season.
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The Royal Ballet opens its 2026/27 season with Manon and a live cinema relay
Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon opens The Royal Ballet’s 2026/27 season, with performances from 13 October and a live cinema relay on 27 October.
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Thea Musgrave’s Mary, Queen of Scots Returns to San Francisco Opera
Thea Musgrave’s Mary, Queen of Scots returns to San Francisco Opera, presented in partnership with English National Opera.
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Carlo Vistoli revives Handel’s Italian castrati in new album with Emmanuelle Haïm
Countertenor Carlo Vistoli shines a spotlight on the celebrated Italian castrati who inspired some of Handel’s finest oratorio writing in his new album, Handel’s Italians.
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Heather Ogden to retire from the National Ballet of Canada after 29 years
Principal Dancer Heather Ogden will retire at the end of The National Ballet of Canada’s 2026/27 season, after a 29-year career with the company.
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Christopher Wheeldon receives the RAD’s Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) has presented its highest honour, the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award, to choreographer Christopher Wheeldon OBE.
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Danshuis – Major New European Centre for Dance Planned for 2030
Rotterdam’s Danshuis will be the largest centre in Europe dedicated to the production and development of dance
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LaScalaTV Goes Free from 1 September
Teatro alla Scala’s streaming platform is dropping its paywall. From 1 September, every title in the LaScalaTV catalogue will be available for free.
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Conductor Antonino Fogliani dies at 50
The conductor Antonino Fogliani has died at the age of 50 after a long illness.
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National Ballet of Canada’s Genevieve Penn Nabity swaps the stage for the stadium to throw the first pitch
Genevieve Penn Nabity swapped the Four Seasons Centre stage for the Rogers Centre mound, throwing the first pitch at the Toronto Blue Jays’ game.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The man behind a fake “ancient” amphitheatre finishes behind bars
A hillside “archaeological site” with ancient Neolithic and Greco-Roman artefacts, impressive enough to charge a €40 entrance fee. Except it wasn’t ancient at all.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Interview: Mikhail Baryshnikov pays tribute to the great theatre director Bob Wilson with a new film, DON Q
Mikhail Baryshnikov, one year after the death of his friend and collaborator, the director Robert Wilson, is working on completing their last project.
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Tulsa Ballet Artistic Director Marcello Angelini Announces Retirement
After more than 30 years at the helm of Tulsa Ballet, Artistic Director Marcello Angelini will retire at the end of the 2026-2027 Season.
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