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  • Giselle with Alexander Campbell as Albrecht and Francesca Hayward as Giselle. © ROH, Helen Maybanks 2018 (3)

    Interview with The Royal Ballet’s hot couple: Francesca Hayward and Alexander Campbell

    Francesca Hayward and Alexander Campbell are quickly becoming The Royal Ballet‘s ‘couple to see’. After recent successes dancing Clara and the Nutcracker, as well…

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  • Edward Watson and Ivan Putrov in Matthew Bournes Swan Lake

    Men in Motion’s magic under the Tuscan sky

    In 2012, Ivan Putrov had the conceit to produce an all-male gala where Don Q variations were banished, Le Corsaire‘s jetés outlawed, and Albrecht’s…

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    Ballet22 – mxn en pointe

    Ballet22 pushes the boundaries in ballet by breaking gender stereotypes, specifically by presenting men, mxn, and non-binary artists en pointe.

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  • Ekaterina Krysanova and Vladislav Lantratov in The Taming of the Shrew, photo by Alice Blangero

    The impeccable Bolshoi dancers in Maillot’s slick Taming of the Shrew at La Scala

    Lots of empty seats were available for the Bolshoi Ballet at La Scala in The Taming of the Shrew. La Bayadère – great; Swan…

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  • Cynthia Harvey

    En Avant with quality, integrity, musicality and artistic meaning in classical ballet

    En Avant is a “New Non-Profit Foundation for Specialised Ballet Coaching, Mentoring and the Awarding of Scholarships”. The Foundation is new, but what is it…

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  • So Are We León and Lightfoot - The Royal Ballet (c)2026 Johan Persson_cr

    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…

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  • Martina Arduino in Romeo and Juliet, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

    Martina Arduino answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

    Q&A in italiano When did you start dancing? I started dancing for fun when I was four, and more seriously when I was 11…

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  • Nikolai Tsiskaridze photo by Ilya Grigoriev

    Tsiskaridze: Real ballet dancers are trained in Paris, Moscow or St Petersburg

    Forget the Royal Ballet School or the The School of American Ballet, Nikolai Tsiskaridze says there are only three real ballet schools in the…

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  • Julian Mackay photographed by Quinn Wharton at the Bolshoi Theatre

    Julian Mackay on entering and winning the Prix de Lausanne 2015

    Seventeen-year-old Julian Mackay is one of the six winners of this year’s Prix de Lausanne. He is part of the extraordinary Khan-MacKay family which…

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