Lily Hyde sees a young cast in Christopher Wheeldon's Like Water for Chocolate with The Royal Ballet – dancers to watch in an uneven ballet. TitleLike Water for ChocolateCompanyThe Royal … [Read more...] about Review: The Royal Ballet’s Like Water for Chocolate – a cast full of debuts
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Review: Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate returns with The Royal Ballet
Graham Watts sees Like Water for Chocolate with Christopher Wheeldon bringing an extraordinary book to life in dance. TitleLike Water for ChocolateCompanyThe Royal BalletVenueThe Royal Opera House, … [Read more...] about Review: Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate returns with The Royal Ballet
Review: in a whirlwind of whimsy, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland returns to The Royal Ballet
Georgina Butler sees The Royal Ballet in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland brought to brilliantly bonkers life with beautiful dancing and bold designs. TitleAlice’s Adventures in … [Read more...] about Review: in a whirlwind of whimsy, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland returns to The Royal Ballet
Review: Alice’s Big British Ballet – Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland receives US premiere
Scott C Morgan sees the US premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with the Joffrey Ballet – thoughtful with impressive dance and production dazzle. TitleAlice's … [Read more...] about Review: Alice’s Big British Ballet – Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland receives US premiere
The Royal Opera 2025/26 Season
Royal Opera 2025/26 Season Highlights: • First Season under the baton of new Music Director Jakub Hrůša • RBO/SHIFT - a new four-day festival exploring the shifting boundary between opera, AI … [Read more...] about The Royal Opera 2025/26 Season
Royal Ballet and Opera announces 2024-2025 Cinema Season
11 productions screened in 1,500 cinemas across the globe, bringing The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera to 50 countries, including seven live broadcasts The Royal Ballet and Opera has announced … [Read more...] about Royal Ballet and Opera announces 2024-2025 Cinema Season
[Review] Royal Ballet’s ‘The Winter’s Tale’ – “a ballet of remarkable dramatic power”
Jonathan Gray sees Chrisopher Wheeldon's remarkable 'The Winter's Tale' at The Royal Opera House TitleThe Winter's TaleCompanyThe Royal BalletVenueThe Royal Opera House, LondonDate3 May … [Read more...] about [Review] Royal Ballet’s ‘The Winter’s Tale’ – “a ballet of remarkable dramatic power”
The Royal Opera announces its 2024-2025 Season
The Royal Opera Season 2024-2025 The Main Stage and Linbury Theatres will host eight new productions spanning three centuries, including the world premiere of Festen. Based on Academy Award-winning … [Read more...] about The Royal Opera announces its 2024-2025 Season
New York Premiere of Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works highlights American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Season
Tickets for American Ballet Theatre’s 2024 Summer Season go on sale Monday 22 April 22 at 12pm at the Metropolitan Opera House box office. Performances – from 18 June until 20 July 2024 – will … [Read more...] about New York Premiere of Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works highlights American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Season
Winners of the UK 2023 National Dance Awards
The 2023 National Dance Awards winners were announced today at a ceremony at The Coronet Theatre in Notting Hill Gate, which is the first time that the event has been held at this atmospheric … [Read more...] about Winners of the UK 2023 National Dance Awards
New York premiere of Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate opens American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Season
American Ballet Theatre’s 2023 Met box office opens today for the summer season that runs from 22 June to 22 July 2023. ABT returns to the Metropolitan Opera House with four stories of love: … [Read more...] about New York premiere of Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate opens American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Season
[Interview] Designer Tom Pye on death threats, Cinderella – and cowboys
Guest author Paul Arrowsmith talks to Tom Pye, the designer of The Royal Ballet’s new production of Cinderella. Tom Pye has reimagined anew Frederick Ashton’s 75-year-old ballet Cinderella, for The … [Read more...] about [Interview] Designer Tom Pye on death threats, Cinderella – and cowboys
The Royal Ballet’s acclaimed Like Water for Chocolate in cinemas worldwide
The Royal Ballet’s Like Water for Chocolate will be broadcast to 909 cinemas in 33 countries worldwide in the new year. The production is choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, the Company’s … [Read more...] about The Royal Ballet’s acclaimed Like Water for Chocolate in cinemas worldwide
Royal Opera House Stream goes live with 130 titles
The Royal Opera House has launched a streaming service that offers 45 performances from The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera’s archives. Together with these are also 85 behind-the-scenes features, … [Read more...] about Royal Opera House Stream goes live with 130 titles
First look: Photo album of Ballet’s Like Water For Chocolate
The curtain has just come down on opening night of Christopher Wheeldon's new work for The Royal Ballet. Below is a gallery of photos from yesterday's dress rehearsal (1 June 2022). A modern … [Read more...] about First look: Photo album of Ballet’s Like Water For Chocolate
The Royal Opera House 2021-2022 opera season
The Royal Opera Season will open with a new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto, directed by Oliver Mears – his first production since becoming The Royal Opera’s Director of Opera in 2017. This new … [Read more...] about The Royal Opera House 2021-2022 opera season
The Royal Ballet announces 2021-2022 season, the first since 2019
The Royal Ballet has announced early plans for its 2021-2022 season. Detailed information will be announced on 1 June. Also, the Live Cinema season and digital programming will be announced later this … [Read more...] about The Royal Ballet announces 2021-2022 season, the first since 2019
Photo album: Opening night at The Royal Ballet includes premiere of Liam Scarlett’s Symphonic Dances
The latest mixed-programme from The Royal Ballet was unveiled last night and will run until the end of this month. "Virtuoso dance from The Royal Ballet in a programme that includes Forsythe and … [Read more...] about Photo album: Opening night at The Royal Ballet includes premiere of Liam Scarlett’s Symphonic Dances
Royal Ballet Autumn Season 2016 – 2017 – full dates and casts
The Royal Ballet has released the casting for their Autumn Season, from September 2016 until January 2017. Roberta Marquez will return as Guest Artist to dance two farewell performances in one of her … [Read more...] about Royal Ballet Autumn Season 2016 – 2017 – full dates and casts
Strapless is Christopher Wheeldon’s latest work for The Royal Ballet
Strapless is Christopher Wheeldon’s latest work for The Royal Ballet and is inspired by the scandalous Portrait of Madame X painted by John Singer Sargent in 1884. Strapless is part of a Wheeldon … [Read more...] about Strapless is Christopher Wheeldon’s latest work for The Royal Ballet
Christopher Wheeldon and team scoop up Tony nominations
The Brit in New York, responsable for the new hit musical An American in Paris, has been nominated for a Tony award as Best Director of a Musical and also for Best Choreography. His creative team and … [Read more...] about Christopher Wheeldon and team scoop up Tony nominations
First reviews are out of Wheeldon’s Alice at the Royal Ballet
Neil Norman for The Daily Express has no doubt: I predict that Christopher Wheeldon’s triumphant production of Lewis Carroll’s immortal classic will become the must-see ballet for children and adults … [Read more...] about First reviews are out of Wheeldon’s Alice at the Royal Ballet