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.
Giselle
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Review: National Ballet of Brno’s new production of Giselle with Ksenia Ovsyanick and Alejandro Virelles
Graham Watts sees Rodolfo Castellanos’ Giselle with the National Ballet of Brno – a production that stands among the very best.
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Interview: Hannah O’Neill, Paris Opera Ballet Étoile, to debut with The Royal Ballet
Paris Opéra Ballet Étoile Hannah O’Neill will make her debut with The Royal Ballet in London as Giselle. Lily Hyde talked with her a few days before her first performance.
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Review: Mayara Magri’s ‘revelatory’ debut as Giselle with Matthew Ball and The Royal Ballet
Lily Hyde sees Mayara Magri’s debut as Giselle and thinks it ‘will go on to be regarded as timeless and perennial as Wright’s ballet itself’.
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Review: Marianela Nuñez and William Bracewell in The Royal Ballet’s Giselle
Jonathan Gray sees Marianela Nuñez (sincerity that touches the heart) and William Bracewell (his dancing and partnering was magnificent) in Peter Wright’s Giselle.
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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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Patricio Revé joins The Royal Ballet as Principal dancer
Director of The Royal Ballet, Kevin O’Hare, today announced that Patricio Revé will join the Company as a Principal dancer from the start of the 2026/27 Season.
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The best dozen dance shows of 2025 – a legacy of memories from Graham Watts’ year in dance
Dance writer Graham Watts looks back at a year of dance and chooses 12 performances from the 157 he saw during 2025.
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Review: Marco Spada returns to Rome for the first time since Rudolf Nureyev’s appearances in 1981
Marta Mele sees Marco Spada with Rome Opera Ballet, a ballet first restaged in Rome in 1981 by choreographer Pierre Lacotte for Rudolf Nureyev.
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news | dance | music & opera
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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A ballerina says farewell – English National Ballet Lead Principal Erina Takahashi gives her final performance
Matthew Paluch – a former member of English National Ballet – pays tribute to Erina Takahashi and sees her last performance.
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Review: Giselle with English National Ballet – a memorable performance
Jonathan Gray sees English National Ballet in Giselle with superb performances from Erina Takahashi, Francesco Gabriele Frola and Precious Adams.
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dance | design | interviews
Interview: Theatre designer Jérôme Kaplan – Be yourself! Always be curious and dream.
Between projects in New York, Copenhagen and Monaco, theatre designer Jérôme Kaplan finds time to talk to Paul Arrowsmith.
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Announcing ‘Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival’ 2025 in London
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival returns to London with 10 premieres, 15 productions, 38 performances and more than 350 dancers.
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The National Ballet of Japan Makes European Debut at The Royal Opera House
The National Ballet of Japan comes to Covent Garden in the summer of 2025, making its Royal Opera House debut.
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Review: Ballet Nights 005 New Futures – eclectic and proficient with top-level dancing
Ballet Nights returns with ‘005 – New Futures’ at The Lanterns Studio Theatre in London.
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[Interview] Margaret Barbieri, assistant director of Sarasota Ballet, on the eve of the company’s performances at The Royal Opera House
Prima Ballerina and assistant director of Sarasota Ballet, Margaret Barbieri, talks to Paul Arrowsmith as the company celebrates Frederick Ashton in London.
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Remembering Carla Fracci, three years after her death
Carla Fracci, the great Italian ballerina, died three years ago today, on 27 May 2021. I wrote her obituary for Dancing Times magazine that is reproduced here.
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[Review] La Scala’s Gala Fracci shows a company in spectacular form
Gala Fracci at La Scala has reached its third edition – an annual gala dedicated to the great Italian ballerina Carla Fracci who died in 2021.
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[Review] Jack Sears’ GISELLE: REMIX – both cutting-edge and rigorous
GISELLE: REMIX. The brainchild of Jack Sears, supported by Hannah Grennell’s co-creation and choreography.
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Rome Opera Ballet to visit Paris, Dubai, Barcelona and Liège in tours beginning this month
Paris in April, Dubai in May, Barcelona in July and Liège in November – these are the four destinations for Rome Opera Ballet scheduled for 2024.
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La Scala Ballet returns to China – on tour to Hong Kong and Shanghai
La Scala Ballet returns to China with eight performances of two ballets from 15 to 24 March.
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Giselle, we have a problem.
Matthew Paluch is left cold by a recent Giselle and asks if the work is the problem or the communication of it.
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[Review] English National Ballet’s Giselle – Mary Skeaping’s version serves the company well
[Review] English National Ballet has dedicated the company’s treasured production of Giselle to the memory of Dame Beryl Grey, who died in December 2022.
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Principal Dancer Yuan Yuan Tan says goodbye after 29 years at San Francsico Ballet
San Francisco Ballet Principal Dancer Yuan Yuan Tan will give her final performance with the company on 14 February in Ashton’s Marguerite and Armand.
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Tiler Peck answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
New York City Ballet’s Tiler Peck talks about her dog and her family, her passions and her dislikes, her fears and happiest moments…
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[Review and Photos] Yellowstone International Arts Festival – the most unique gala I have experienced
Graham Watts attends the Yellowstone International Arts Festival in Montana in “the most spectacular setting imaginable” [plus a gallery of stunning images].
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@giselle – a modern reimagining
Joshua Beamish’s production of @giselle highlights how social media apps have denatured the ways we fall in and out of love.
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[Interview] The authentic and passionate Laura Morera – a career without limits
Laura Morera talks about her Royal Ballet career, the roles had and lost, dancing Ashton, and her “artistic love story” with choreographer Liam Scarlett.
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Ballerinas Maria Tallchief and Carla Fracci honoured with a stamp and a coin
Announcements from both sides of the pond honouring two ballerinas: a coin for Maria Tallchief and a stamp for Carla Fracci.
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