Review: The Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker – the most elaborate and grandiose of all UK stagings – with Sasaki, Rovero, Zambon, Junker, and Hay
Jonathan Gray finds much to enjoy in Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker with an impressive young cast.
Gary Avis
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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: The Royal Ballet at the Nervi Festival celebrating Ashton and Paris Opera Ballet’s Signature Pieces
Graham Spicer sees The Royal Ballet and Paris Opera Ballet at the Nervi Festival, with the London company pulling aces out of its sleeve.
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Royal Ballet and Opera announces 2025/26 Cinema Season
The Royal Ballet and Opera will bring nine productions from London to 1,500 cinema screens in 50 countries for 2025/26.
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Review: The Royal Ballet’s Onegin – Lauren Cuthbertson and Ryoichi Hirano give the performance of a decade
Matthew Paluch sees Lauren Cuthbertson and Ryoichi Hirano in Onegin with The Royal Ballet – “it’s high octane drama”
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Review: The Royal Ballet’s Cinderella – A Magical Evening
Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel sees The Royal Ballet’s Cinderella in London – If there is one thing you do this Christmastime, catch a performance of this version of Cinderella
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Review: Wayne McGregor’s Maddaddam – a beautiful, missed opportunity
Lucía Piquero Álvarez sees the Royal Ballet in McGregor’s Maddaddam – “it fails to achieve the emotionally charged embodied power of some of his other work”.
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[Photo Album] The Sarasota Ballet at The Royal Opera House to celebrate Sir Frederick Ashton
A photo album of The Sarasota Ballet’s repertoire for London when it will perform at the Royal Opera House as part of Ashton Celebrated.
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His Majesty King Charles III announced as Patron of The Royal Ballet
His Majesty King Charles III will continue to serve as Patron of the Royal Opera House and The Royal Opera but has accepted Patronage of The Royal 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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A Guide to Manon – MacMillan’s biographer, Jann Parry, observes Natalia Osipova as Manon, with Reece Clarke
Jann Parry – author of the Kenneth MacMillan biography “Different Drummer: The Life of Kenneth MacMillan” – comments on Natalia Osipova’s Manon and directing ballet for film.
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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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[Review] The Royal Ballet in Wayne McGregor’s The Dante Project – “a masterpiece”
McGregor’s stellar group capture the spirit of Dante as The Royal Ballet’s The Dante Project returns for the first time since its 2021 premiere.
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New York Premiere of McGregor’s Woolf Works to highlight American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Season
American Ballet Theatre’s 2024 Summer season will feature the New York Premiere of Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works with Alessandra Ferri.
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[Review] The Royal Ballet’s Cinderella – not quite top drawer?
Akane Takada with Nicol Edmonds and Laura Morera with Matthew Ball head two debut casts in The Royal Ballet’s new production of Ashton’s Cinderella.
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[Review] Awakening the Beauty. Two Royal Ballet Auroras: Anna Rose O’Sullivan and Mayara Magri
Two Auroras: Anna Rose O’Sullivan (quick, light, and bright) and Mayara Magri in her debut (ravishing, thrilling, glorious).
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[Review] Mayerling with Marcelino Sambé and Francesca Hayward: a magnificent night full of dazzling performances
Guest author Matthew Paluch sees Mayerling at The Royal Opera House with Marcelino Sambé and Francesca Hayward – a night full of dazzling performances.
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[Review] The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration – the importance of the past, present, and future
Guest author Matthew Paluch looks at celebrating 60 years of The Friends of Covent Garden in a varied programme for The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration.
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[Photo Album] First photos of The Royal Ballet’s Ashton Triple Bill
First photos of tonight’s Frederick Ashton triple bill with The Royal Ballet: Scènes de ballet, A Month in the Country, and Rhapsody.
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[Photo Album] First peek at Marianela Nuñez and Federico Bonelli in Romeo and Juliet
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.
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UK’s National Dance Awards announced
This year’s National Dance Awards were announced yesterday at a streamed event from Cervantes Theatre in London.
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Dancing Times, the world’s oldest dance magazine, celebrates 110 years
1910 saw George V ascend to the throne, the trial and execution of Dr Crippen, the publication of E M Forster’s Howard’s End and the birth of Alice Marks, later Alicia Markova, the country’s first prima ballerina. 1910 was also the year that Phillip J S Richardson founded Dancing Times – it was the first independent magazine devoted solely to dance
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The Royal Opera House unveils its programme for live audiences this autumn
The Royal Opera House has announced “an exciting, wide-ranging new line-up” for its autumn programme.
For the first time, performances will be accessible online for a global audience through live streams and for socially distanced audiences at Covent Garden. In a “global first” there will be a new opera in hyper-reality, alongside repertory favourites from both artistic companies.
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Interview with The Royal Ballet’s Lauren Cuthbertson – so much passion
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.
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Photo Album: The Royal Ballet in Onegin with Natalia Osipova, Reece Clarke, Francesca Hayward, Matthew Ball and Gary Avis
John Cranko became acquainted with Alexander Pushkin’s verse-novel Eugene Onegin when he choreographed the dances for Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky’s opera of the same name in 1952. He created his own distinctive version of Pushkin’s work in 1965 for the Stuttgart Ballet. Onegin displays all of Cranko’s genius as a narrative choreographer, featuring finely drawn characters who are transformed by…
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Francesca Hayward – find out more about The Royal Ballet’s star of the movie Cats
Francesca Hayward, Principal dancer of The Royal Ballet, has a leading role in the film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s musical Cats, directed by Academy Award winner Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech, Les Misérables, The Danish Girl). The much-criticised film – both positively and negatively, though mostly the latter – has seen praise poured on Hayward who…
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Interview: The Royal Ballet’s Ballet Master, Christopher Carr, on mounting Coppélia, the company’s dancers and technique
Everyone who has followed The Royal Ballet in rehearsal during World Ballet Day or watched the interval clips and interviews during the intervals of the company’s live cinema relays will know Christopher Carr. The Royal Ballet’s Guest Principal Ballet Master isn’t afraid of raising his voice, clapping his hands loudly and stamping the floor with…
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Photo Album: tonight’s Royal Ballet opening cast in Coppélia
Coppélia 28 November 2019 – 7 January 2020 The performance lasts about 2 hours and 35 minutes, including two intervals. Cast (opening night, 28 November 2019) Swanilda: Francesca Hayward Franz: Alexander Campbell Dr Coppélius: Gary Avis Coppélia was a landmark production when it first hit the stage in 1870. Its positive mood marked a break with the rather…
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Photos and full programme of Margot Fonteyn, A Celebration with The Royal Ballet
Last night, 8 June 2019, The Royal Ballet celebrated the centenary of the birth of its most famous ballerina, Dame Margot Fonteyn, who was born on 18 May 1919. A performance of The Firebird, currently in a triple bill, was followed by a gala of extracts from ballets representing some of Fonteyn’s most celebrated roles….
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The Royal Ballet in Japan and Los Angeles – dates and casting
The Royal Ballet tours to Japan and Los Angeles this summer, presenting signature work from the Company’s repertory, a world premiere by Wayne McGregor and community engagement projects. Tokyo, Bunka Kaikan Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote, 21 – 26 June Yokohama, Kanagawa Kenwin Hall Royal Ballet Gala, 29 – 30 June Los Angeles, The Music Center…
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