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.
Francesca Hayward
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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 for The Royal Ballet.
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Review: So Are We, León and Lightfoot – a five-star double bill from The Royal Ballet
Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel flavours the spirit of contemporary ballet in León and Lightfoot’s Shoot the Moon and Salle de Danse for The Royal Ballet.
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Preview: Sol León and Paul Lightfoot make their Royal Ballet debut
The Royal Ballet is the first British company to perform the work of the contemporary choreographic duo Sol León and Paul Lightfoot.
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Royal Ballet and Opera unveils new stage curtains during special Gala performance
On 14 May, after 3 decades and tens of thousands of performances, the Royal Ballet and Opera unveils its new stage curtains as part of a Gala performance.
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Interview: Royal Ballet dancers Ella Newton Severgnini and Francisco Serrano talk about their debut in Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate
Graham Spicer talks with Royal Ballet dancers Ella Newton Severgnini and Francisco Serrano who dance the leading roles in Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate.
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The Royal Ballet’s La Fille mal gardée, live in cinemas 5 November
Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée returns to The Royal Ballet with Francesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé for the cinema relay on 5 November.
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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.
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Review: Gala De Danza in London – a showcase full of new ideas
Graham Watts sees Gala De Danza – a peculiar venue for an unusual gala, which despite the title was much more than dance.
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Interview with Christina Lyon on her Gala de Danza in London – bold, generous, and built on excellence.
Christina Lyon’s Gala de Danza comes to London. The international dance, music, and art festival will have its London premiere with three performances on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 June at Central Hall Westminster.
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The 25th National Dance Awards nominations announced
The Dance Section of the UK Critics’ Circle announces the short-listed nominations for the National Dance Awards (#NDA25).
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Royal Ballet casting for February/March 2025 – Onegin, Light of Passage, Phaedra + Minotaur
Here is a preview of The Royal Ballet casting for next year’s productions of Onegin, Light of Passage, and the double bill Phaedra + Minotaur.
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[Review] The Royal Ballet and Sarasota Ballet in Ashton Celebrated – Divertissements | Façade
Jonathan Gray sees The Royal Ballet and Sarasota Ballet performing Frederick Ashton short works and Façade as part of Ashton Celebrated.
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[Review] The Royal Ballet in Ashton Celebrated – Les Rendezvous, The Dream, Rhapsody
Jonathan Gray sees The Royal Ballet in Ashton Celebrated – Les Rendezvous, The Dream, and Rhapsody – an evening of musicality and daring.
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Ashton Celebrated – The Royal Ballet celebrates Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton
The Royal Ballet celebrates Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton with two special programmes and welcomes Sarasota Ballet.
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[Review] Royal Ballet’s ‘The Winter’s Tale’ – “a ballet of remarkable dramatic power”
The Winter’s Tale will, I predict, be the ballet for which Wheeldon will be best remembered in the future.
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New York Premiere of Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works highlights American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Season
ABT’s Summer Season – from 18 June until 20 July 2024 – features New York Premiere of Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works.
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Royal Ballet announces casting for Ashton Celebrated
The Royal Ballet has announced the casting for its Ashton Celebrated programmes (June 2024) with choreography by Frederick Ashton.
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[Review] MacMillan Celebrated – The Royal Ballet shows the choreographer fizzing with ideas
Jonathan Gray sees The Royal Ballet’s MacMillan Celebrated (Danses concertantes, Different Drummer, Requiem) showing a versatile and compelling creative force.
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Royal Ballet Principal dancer Francesca Hayward nominated Lead Ambassador of Royal Ballet School’s ATAP
Francesca Hayward has been announced as Lead Ambassador of the School’s Affiliate Training and Assessment Programme (ATAP).
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MacMillan Celebrated – The Royal Ballet celebrates its former principal choreographer
The Royal Ballet presents MacMillan Celebrated, works by the company’s former Director and Principal Choreographer, Kenneth MacMillan.
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Royal Ballet Principal Alexander Campbell becomes Artistic Director of the Royal Academy of Dance
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) has announced that Alexander Campbell will leave The Royal Ballet to take up its Artistic Directorship.
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[Review] Francesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé ‘infectious and genuine’ in The Royal Ballet’s Manon
Manon has turned 50! Well actually 293… but what better way to celebrate a big birthday than a season of shows at your favourite venue – the Royal Opera House.
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Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon returns to The Royal Ballet for its 50th Anniversary
The Royal Ballet presents MacMillan’s Manon, 50 years since its 1974 premiere, and 100 years since the death of its designer Nicholas Georgiadis.
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Casting for The Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake (March-May 2024) is announced
The Royal Ballet has announced casting for next year’s Swan Lake performances, which run from 6 March until 11 May 2024.
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Royal Academy of Dance announces winners of the Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition 2023
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) presents awards at final of the Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition 2023 in London.
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[Review] The Limit – The Royal Ballet’s Francesca Hayward and Alexander Campbell in a new two-hander
Jann Parry sees The Limit with The Royal Ballet’s Francesca Hayward and Alexander Campbell – “marvellous movers, but the production’s premise is perverse.”
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[Interview] Alexander Campbell on ‘The Limit’ – a new work for The Royal Ballet
“The average person will speak 123,205,750 words in a lifetime. But what if there were a limit?” asks the new dance work from The Royal Ballet.
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[Review] Étoiles of Paris Opera Ballet & Friends in the English countryside, come rain or shine
The Covent Garden Dance Company presents Étoiles of Paris Opera Ballet & Friends at Hatch House, UK. The rain did not dim the performances.
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Royal Ballet casting for autumn performances 2023 with role debuts
The Royal Ballet casting for main roles is announced for all performances from 30 September 2023 until 13 January 2024.
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