Matthew Paluch sees two debuts in The Royal Ballet’s La Fille mal gardée – Mayara Magri and Leo Dixon. The joy and embodiment were real, and consequently, Ashton’s genius lives on.
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’.
Jonathan Gray finds much to enjoy in Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker with an impressive young cast.
Georgina Butler sees La Fille mal gardée with Marianela Nuñez (youthful lyricism) and Vadim Muntagirov (bravura dancing) who together are radiant.
Jonathan Gray sees La Fille mal gardée at the Royal Ballet and Opera, one of Ashton’s greatest, funniest works with fizzing invention and humour unsurpassed.
Jonathan Gray sees The Royal Ballet and Factory International’s A Single Man – I wanted to be moved more
A Single Man, a new ballet based on Christopher Isherwood’s 1964 novel, to receive its London premiere, starring former Royal Ballet Principal Ed Watson.
The Royal Ballet presents MacMillan’s Manon, 50 years since its 1974 premiere, and 100 years since the death of its designer Nicholas Georgiadis.
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.
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.
The Royal Ballet’s Diamond Celebration will be broadcast live to cinemas around the world on 16 November with world premieres and Balanchine’s Diamonds.
Royal Ballet principal dancer Anna Rose O’Sullivan talks about her debuts, her partners, coaching, style and being Juliet.
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.
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.
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.
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…
The Firebird / A Month in the Country / Symphony in C The curtain has just gone up on The Royal Ballet’s latest triple bill and here are the first photos. The flash of a firebird, a family sent into a spin and a classical ballet explosion. Michel Fokine’s The Firebird with Igor Stravinsky’s music is a…
Seeing Peter Wright‘s The Nutcracker again after several years of witnessing other productions brings its success as a dramatic piece to the fore. Placing the traditional story within an outer tale of Drosselmeyer separated from, and then reunited with, his nephew Hans-Peter, adds a level of genuine emotion which cannot be matched by seeing a…
The Sleeping Beauty reopened the Royal Opera House after the war in February 1946 when the Company first took up residence in Covent Garden with Margot Fonteyn dancing the role of Princess Aurora. Now, 70 years later, The Royal Ballet will be performing their signature piece from Wednesday 21 December 2016 until Tuesday 14 March 2017. The 70th anniversary…
The curtain has just gone down on the Wayne McGregor triple bill at the Royal Opera House, London. The Royal Ballet is celebrating McGregor’s tenth anniversary as its Resident Choreographer with an evening featuring revivals of Chroma and Carbon life and the world premiere of McGregor’s new ballet Multiverse, set to a new score by Steve Reich….
The Royal Ballet has released the casting for their Autumn Season, from September 2016 until January 2017. Roberta Marquez will return as Guest Artist to dance two farewell performances in one of her signature roles as the wayward daughter Lise in La fille mal gardée. LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE 27 and 30 September at 7.30pm…
Yasmine Naghdi was born on 25 March 1992 in London: Everyone I meet says, ‘Where are you from?’, and I say, ‘I’m from London’, and they say, ‘No, where are you really from?’.
The Royal Ballet returns to the USA in June 2015 with programmes that reflect both the company’s heritage and its contemporary repertoire. It also brings with it the extraordinary lineup of dancers that make up the Royal Ballet today. Aside from the Brits – Lauren Cuthbertson, Rupert Pennefather and Edward Watson – there are the…
Q&A When did you start dancing? When I was 3 years old. My grandparents didn’t know how to keep me occupied so they bought a video of The Nutcracker on a whim and that was it, I was happy all day long. Why did you start dancing? I can’t give a definite reason, I just…
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