Interview: Julia Conway – English National Ballet’s new Principal Dancer
Julia Conway talks with Graham Spicer on her promotion to ENB Principal, preparing Nureyev’s Romeo and Juliet, and balancing technique with storytelling.
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The Royal Ballet School’s 100th graduate year achieves a 100% employment rate
In The Royal Ballet School’s 100th graduating class, this year consisting of 30 students, all have secured contracts with companies as they start their professional journeys.
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Ballet stars come together for Verdensballetten 2026, on tour in Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland
Tonight is the opening of the Verdensballetten (World Ballet) in the garden of the Royal Garden Society in Copenhagen, and it is on tour until 30 August.
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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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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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Review: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Gentleman Jack with Northern Ballet – a star performance and an outstanding score
Graham Watts sees Gentleman Jack with Nida Aydinoğlu – a future star – and enjoys the unique choreographic style, memorable score, and emphatic set design.
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English National Ballet announces winners of Emerging Dancer 2026
English National Ballet has presented four Emerging Dancer 2026 awards – the competition will be available free online from 4 June.
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La Scala’s 2026-2027 Ballet Season announced
La Scala announces its 2026-2027 Ballet Season with nine works, including five premieres and four new productions.
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The Critics’ Circle announces the nominations for the 26th National Dance Awards
The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle has announced the short-listed nominations for the National Dance Awards (#NDA26).
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Review: English National Ballet’s My First Ballet: Cinderella – moments of real magic
Lily Hyde sees My First Ballet: Cinderella, a production of an incredibly high standard for audience members of any age, with a strong calibre of dancing.
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Royal Ballet’s Melissa Hamilton presents A Night of Ballet
Melissa Hamilton will curate a Night of Ballet this summer at Grange Park Opera, produced by Hamilton Christou Productions.
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Review: English National Ballet’s double bill Body and Soul – commentaries on the state of the contemporary world
Jonathan Gray sees English National Ballet in a new double bill, Body and Soul, which the company dances to perfection.
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English National Ballet announces its 2026-2027 season – A Season to ‘Feel More’
English National Ballet’s 2026-2027 season “opens up the possibilities of ballet, offering more ways to discover, feel and engage with ballet, on stage and beyond”.
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Interview: Yosvani Ramos, director of the Ballet of Monterrey, brings his dancers to Ballet Nights
Director of Ballet of Monterrey, Yosvani Ramos (former principal dancer with English National Ballet and Australian Ballet) brings dancers for UK debut.
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Review: Akram Khan’s Giselle with English National Ballet – a triumph and danced with skill and understanding by an impressive cast
Lydia Wharf sees Akram Khan’s Giselle, and ten years on is moved to tears by this overwhelmingly enjoyable ballet.
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Review: Ballet Nights – The New Year’s Day Concert with dancers, musicians and opera singers “of an incredible standard”
Lily Hyde sees Ballet Nights’ New Year’s Day Concert and finds some very strange artistic choices, though enjoys several dazzling performances.
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In Memoriam 2025: artists who died this year… Singers, Dancers, Actors, Musicians, Writers, Directors
In memoriam 2025: a personal list remembering some of the artists who died in 2025.
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La Scala’s Federico Fresi returns in Sleeping Beauty after a two-year battle with cancer
La Scala Ballet Soloist Federico Fresi returned to dance on the opening night of the ballet season after a two‑year battle with a rare tumour.
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Review: Luca Silvestrini’s The Magic Flute – unusual and magical dance theatre
Graham Watts sees The Magic Flute by Luca Silvestrini’s Protein company – a small-scale, yet spectacular, pre-Christmas children’s show.
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Review: English National Ballet’s Nutcracker – wondrous and truly transporting
Georgina Butler sees a sprinkling of Nutcracker magic with English National Ballet – engaging and entertaining… a luscious visual feast.
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Review: Kenneth MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty with English National Ballet
Lily Hyde sees English National Ballet in Kenneth MacMillan’s 1987 version of The Sleeping Beauty, created for American Ballet Theatre.
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Gary Avis retires from The Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet has announced the retirement of Gary Avis from his position as both Principal Character Artist and Senior Répétiteur.
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Review: Matters of the Heart – the Joffrey Ballet’s 70th anniversary season continues with a Frida Kahlo-inspired work and a Chicago-set world premiere
Scott C Morgan sees the Joffrey Ballet in a double bill, Matters of the Heart: Chanel DaSilva’s Wabash & You and Lopez Ochoa’s Broken Wings.
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Review: English National Ballet’s R:Evolution – not one for the books
Matthew Paluch sees an alternative cast to that of opening night in ENB’s R:Evolution mixed bill – but something was missing?
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Review: English National Ballet’s R:Evolution – a beautiful dance down memory lane
Lucía Piquero sees English National Ballet’s mixed bill with a “company full of energy and vision, galvanised through dancers you cannot stop looking at”.
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Interview: Tamara Rojo, San Francisco Ballet’s Artistic Director – bringing the art of ballet forward
Ann Haskins talks to Tamara Rojo as she begins her third season as Artistic Director of San Francisco Ballet.
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The Fonteyn 2025: The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition to be held in Brazil this October
The Fonteyn 2025 – RAD’s The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition, is coming to São Paulo, Brazil for the first time (11-19 October 2025).
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US premiere of Liam Scarlett’s Carmen opens The Joffrey Ballet’s 70th Anniversary Season
On 18 September, The Joffrey Ballet opens its 70th anniversary season with the US premiere of Liam Scarlett’s Carmen, set in 1930s Spain.
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Interview: English ballerina Georgie Rose, dancing on top of Rome
Royal Ballet School-trained ballerina Georgie Rose discusses dancing at Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome, her choreographer Sergio Bernal, and living with Tourette’s syndrome.
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