Christophe Farquet talks to five dancers from the Zurich Dance Academy at the Prix de Lausanne 2026, including 1st prize winner, William Gyves.
In March 2026, Northern Ballet will unveil the world premiere of its new full‑length production, Gentleman Jack, launching a nationwide tour.
In 2024, Northern Ballet announced a new ballet based on the life of 19th-century icon Anne Lister, or ‘Gentleman Jack’, known as ‘the first modern lesbian’.
Graham Watts sees Three Short Ballets presented by Northern Ballet – an evening showcasing the growing strength of the Northern powerhouse for dance.
The Royal Ballet 2024-2025 – I talked with Royal Ballet director Kevin O’Hare about the programming, new initiatives, tradition… and a new name!
Federico Bonelli, new artistic director of Northern Ballet, was back in familiar territory in the Royal Opera House with his curated triple bill.
Northern Ballet’s “Generations: Three Short Ballets” in Leeds and London, will see premieres from NTCB’s Tiler Peck and The Royal Ballet’s Benjamin Ella.
Laura Morera talks about her Royal Ballet career, the roles had and lost, dancing Ashton, and her “artistic love story” with choreographer Liam Scarlett.
Northern Ballet has announced its 2023/24 Season, the first under new Artistic Director Federico Bonelli, which includes a commission from Tiler Peck.
Kevin O’Hare, Director of The Royal Ballet, announces promotions, joiners and leavers for 2022-2023, and Lesley Collier leaves after 27 years of coaching.
Northern Ballet has released Ma Vie, an original dance film choreographed by the well-known hip-hop choreographer Dickson Mbi.
The Royal Ballet has two new principal dancers: Reece Clarke and William Bracewell.
In the May issue of Dancing Times, I write about the European premiere of Touché, a lockdown creation for ABT by Christopher Rudd, and Jewels at La Scala.
Former Royal Ballet stars Ivan Putrov (Ukraine) and Alina Cojocaru (Romania) are putting on Dance for Ukraine, a benefit gala at the London Coliseum.
Federico Bonelli has been appointed as the new Artistic Director of the Northern Ballet, based in Leeds in the UK and one of the UK’s leading ballet companies.
As the curtain comes down, here’s a first look at Marianela Nuñez as Juliet and Federico Bonelli as Romeo in tonight’s cast at the Royal Opera House.
The Royal Ballet season opens with MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet on Tuesday 5 October – the first three-act ballet since March 2020.
Tonight, Friday 4 June, the Royal Ballet opens a new evening of dance dedicated to George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins with Apollo, the Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, and Dances at a Gathering.
Xander Parish, Lauren Cuthbertson, Marcelino Sambé, Federico Bonelli, Yasmine Naghdi, Marian Walter and Ida Praetorius will dance at this year’s festival.
Dance programming for the festive period from companies all over the world are many: free, subscription and pay-per-view. Here are some that have caught my eye.
Following London’s move to Tier 4 status, The Royal Ballet has decided to cancel its stream of The Nutcracker on Tuesday 22 December.
The Royal Opera House has announced its biggest ever programme of streaming and digital content, across a large range of platforms, “brought straight from our house to your house” over the Christmas period.
A special live-streamed performance tonight, Friday 13 November at 7.30pm GMT of the gala The Royal Ballet: Back on Stage, will be available through The Royal Opera House site for the next 30 days.
The Royal Opera House has announced a series of live performance broadcasts, together with some repertory favourites from both The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera, throughout the November lockdown period.
On 23 September, La Scala opened its doors for dance for the first time since February. It was a gala which had four showings, the last being yesterday.
The gala was mixed – lockdown has not treated everyone kindly, and some showed that months of home stretching can’t make up for daily classes, rehearsals and performances.
The Royal Ballet is Back on Stage, returning for a live-streamed performance from the stage of Covent Garden on Friday 9 October at 7.30pm.
La Scala has announced the programme, though not with full casting, of its Ballet Gala which marks the return of the company to the stage after the cancellation of the theatre’s programming in March.
The four-evening run begins on 23 September and stars the company’s étoiles Svetlana Zakharova and Roberto Bolle, guests Alessandra Ferri and Federico Bonelli, as well as the company’s principal dancers.
The Royal Ballet’s Argentinian principal dancer, Marianela Nuñez, is in lockdown in Buenos Aires. She went there to be near her family and partner, because now home, for Nela, is London, which also happens to be home to her beloved company at The Royal Opera House.
We caught up via Skype in June: I was in my office in Milan, and Nela was 11,000 km away, sitting against an orange wall which steadily turned maroon then almost black as the day drew in.
Lockdown in Argentina! How’s that working out?
It’s very strict here. We started lockdown at the same time as England, pretty much – I know you in Italy started earlier. There were only a few cases, but obviously here there are more difficulties compared to Europe, and they were worried that the health system would collapse.
On 14 March 2020, The Royal Ballet’s principal dancer Lauren Cuthbertson was dancing Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty on the stage of the Mariinsky Theatre… two days later a message arrived: The Royal Opera House was closing.
Dancing Times has opened up the last 20 years of its archives to all until 7 April. The monthly magazine has its think pieces, reviews, articles about technique, dance’s past and present, but I always head first to the interviews. Here are some tidbits I’ve come across…
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