Northern Ballet Returns to the Linbury with Three Short Ballets
Northern Ballet is heading back to the Royal Ballet and Opera’s Linbury Theatre with a triple bill that brings together some of dance’s most distinctive voices, past and present.
Hans van Manen
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Interview: Hugo Marchand on bringing French flair to ballet in LA
Ann Haskins spoke with Paris Opera Ballet Étoile Hugo Marchand about bringing ballet to Los Angeles’ Disney Hall.
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dance | interviews | top dance
Interview: Jacopo Tissi is keeping it simple – finding balance in a fast-paced world
Graham Spicer talks to Jacopo Tissi on life after the Bolshoi and being a Principal Dancer with the Dutch National Ballet.
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dance | interviews | top dance
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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San Francisco Ballet – The Complete 2026-2027 Season
Ballet’s past, present, and future are explored in the 2026-2027 season, San Francisco Ballet announced this week.
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The Royal Ballet – complete 2026-2027 Season
The complete presentation, calendar and production details of the full Royal Ballet 2026-2027 Season.
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Review: Dutch National Ballet’s triple bill – Paquita | Carmen | 5 Tangos
Matthew Paluch sees Dutch National Opera & Ballet in Paquita | Carmen | 5 Tangos – we lucked out with the brilliant casting.
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news | dance | music & opera
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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news | dance | obituaries
Choreographer Hans van Manen has died at 93
Hans van Manen died yesterday, 17 December 2025, at the age of 93. He created more than 150 works during a 65-year career.
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Review: Momentum with London City Ballet – astonishing maturity
Graham Watts sees London City Ballet’s return to London with Momentum – the company deserves every success.
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Review: Gala Mario Porcile at the Nervi Festival – international stars in a refined programme
Graham Spicer sees Gala Mario Porcile at the Nervi Festival, with dancers from The Royal Ballet, Hamburg, Dutch and Bavarian State Ballet companies, and ABT.
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Tonight – closing gala of the Nervi International Ballet Festival 2025, near Genoa
This evening, the Nervi International Ballet Festival 2025 closes with a gala dedicated to its founder – the Mario Porcile Gala – with international stars.
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Laurent Hilaire announces the Bayerisches Staatsballett’s 2025-2026 season
Laurent Hilaire has presented the Bayerisches Staatsballett’s 2025-2026 season, which sees three new mixed bills, world premieres, and house debuts.
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Interview: Ernst Meisner, new Artistic Director of Dutch National Ballet
Paul Arrowsmith talks to Ernst Meisner who takes over from Ted Brandsen as Artistic Director of Dutch National Ballet in 2026.
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news | dance | photography
Choreographer Hans van Manen donates his photos of dancers and male nudes to Rijksmuseum
Choreographer Hans van Manen has donated his photographic oeuvre – 86 photographs of portraits of dancers and male nudes – to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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Jurgita Dronina Says Farewell to The National Ballet of Canada
After ten seasons with The National Ballet of Canada, Principal Dancer Jurgita Dronina will say farewell at the end of the 2024/25 season.
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Review: 17th World Ballet Festival in Tokyo, Programme A
Matthew Paluch sees the Programme A gala at the 17th World Ballet Festival in Tokyo with 33 of the world’s top dancers.
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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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Tamara Rojo announces San Francisco Ballet’s 2024–2025 Season
San Francisco Ballet’s new season includes “high-drama story ballets, inventive contemporary voices, and works rarely seen by US audiences”.
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Les Étoiles gala in Rome – the ‘Gala of Inclusivity’ with international stars of dance
The annual Les Étoiles gala series in Rome kicks off tonight for four performances (15-17 March) at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.
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London Dance 2023 – Matthew Paluch looks back on a year of dance in the capital
“Here’s another the-dance-world-according-to-one-person review of 2023 – because there aren’t enough of those, right?” – says Matthew Paluch
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Northern Ballet presents Generations: three short ballets (Joie de vivre, Adagio Hammerklavier, Intimate Pages)
Federico Bonelli, new artistic director of Northern Ballet, was back in familiar territory in the Royal Opera House with his curated triple bill.
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Stuttgart Ballet’s Mackenzie Brown is promoted to Principal Dancer
After her debut as Juliet in John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet, Mackenzie Brown was promoted to Principal Dancer at Stuttgart Ballet.
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After the Bolshoi, Jacopo Tissi joins Dutch National Ballet
After a season guesting, Italian dancer Jacopo Tissi joins his Bolshoi Theatre colleague Olga Smirnova at Dutch National Ballet.
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Northern Ballet’s “Generations” with Tiler Peck premiere to come to London
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.
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[Interview] Tamas Detrich’s first five years as director of Stuttgart Ballet
Tamas Detrich’s career with Stuttgart Ballet spans 45 years – as a dancer and since 2018 as artistic director. He, and four of his company, talk to Gramilano.
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[Review] Men in Motion: the male dance spectacular still delivers, ten years on
Ivan Putrov’s Men in Motion celebrates its tenth anniversary at the London Coliseum with an international cast of male dancers.
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[Review] Birmingham Royal Ballet triple bill ‘Into the Music’
Guest author Matthew Paluch sees the Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Into the Music: Kylián’s Forgotten Land; Runacre-Temple’s Hotel; Scholz’s The Seventh Symphony.
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[Review] German Cornejo’s Tango After Dark: sizzling passion and pyrotechnic lifts
Guest author Matthew Paluch looks at German Cornejo’s Tango After Dark at London’s Peacock Theatre. A show of ‘impeccable standard’.
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