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.
Jewels
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12 of the best in 2024 – fascinating memories from my year in dance
Graham Watts looks back at a year in dance and the 135 performances he saw in 2024. He picks out a dozen of the best.
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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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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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A final bow for Russell Janzen: From Danseur Noble to creating Contemporary Ballet
As New York City Ballet’s principal dancer Russell Janzen prepares for his final revérénce Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel asked him about his career with the company.
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[Review] Snifters, anyone? The Australian Ballet brings Jewels to London
The Australian Ballet in London: ‘cracking performance’, ‘lacking in spontaneity’, ‘intriguingly romantic’, ‘a ballet cliché’ – mixed feelings from Jonathan Gray.
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From dog-poo to diamonds – The Australian Ballet comes to London
The Australian Ballet will visit London during the first week of August with Jewels after a saving face change of programme.
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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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A Diamond Celebration in cinema: The Royal Ballet Celebrates 60 Years
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.
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Laurent Hilaire replaces Igor Zelensky at the Bavarian State Ballet
Laurent Hilaire takes over from Igor Zelensky as Director of the Bayerisches Staatsballett. Hilaire presented the new ballet season at today’s press conference.
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[Review] Balanchine’s Jewels at La Scala shows the company in top-notch form
Jewels at La Scala showed the company finally shedding the insecurities arising from Covid-related cancellations and changes. The company shone brightly.
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[Photo Album] First peek at Balanchine’s Jewels which opens tonight at La Scala
Eighty photos of tonight’s opening cast in George Balanchine’s Jewels at Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
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The Bolshoi’s new principal dancer Jacopo Tissi returns to La Scala with Zakharova
Jacopo Tissi returns to La Scala as newly crowned principal dancer of the Bolshoi Theatre to dance with Svetlana Zakharova.
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Designs and rehearsal photos of La Scala’s new production of Balanchine’s The Nutcracker
George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker opens the ballet season at La Scala. The new production has sets and costumes by Italian designer Margherita Palli. 15 December 2018: Preview performance for young people 16, 19, 20, 29, 30 December 2018 3, 4, 10, 12 (2 perfs.), 15 January 2019 George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® Sets and costumes –…
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Bolshoi Ballet’s Italian dancer, Jacopo Tissi, on his first year in Moscow and dancing Diamonds at the Lincoln Center
Last August, young ballet dancer Jacopo Tissi, resigned from the La Scala Ballet to accept the offer a contract with the Bolshoi Company. As I wrote last September, it’s not something that happens every day. Like all Russian companies, the Bolshoi has few dancers from outside the ex-Soviet borders in its ranks. However, Makhar Vaziev,…
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Sergei Filin returns to the Bolshoi
Sergei Filin‘s surprise appearance at the end of the Bolshoi‘s performance of Jewels at the Royal Opera House in London was emotional for Bolshoi dancers and London audience alike. The Bolshoi’s Onegin, which premièred in Moscow last month, came about after Filin’s long negotiations with Cranko’s heir, Dieter Graefe. And so it was with Jewels,…
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Boston Ballet’s 50th Anniversary season kicks off in London
Boston Ballet has announced its 50th anniversary season, which will start with their tour to London in July at the London Coliseum. Programming for 2013/2014 includes La Bayadère and Cinderella, two cutting-edge repertory programmes with American and world premières and Balanchine’s masterpiece, Jewels. The season will close with a tour to Washington’s Kennedy Center, and end with…
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Critics Round-up: Royal Ballet in Jewels
This production opens Monica Mason‘s last season as director of the Royal Ballet. To recall the company as it was 10 years ago, after the dreadful year in which Ross Stretton’s directorship had reduced the troupe to a confused and uncertain state – the Queen’s Golden Jubilee gala remains a nightmare for those who sat…
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The Royal Ballet’s Sarah Lamb on Jewels
“I think each jewel theme comes through very clearly in the dances through the choreography. Diamond is incredibly regal and imperial and is very classical. You could say, that like the diamond, this dance is the epitome of purity. “Rubies is so incredibly modern, compared with the other two and there are lots of jagged…
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Balanchine’s Jewels finally sparkle at La Scala
In less than a fortnight the La Scala company has turned out its jewel-box and polished each precious stone. The shambled mess that was meant to be Balanchine’s choreography has become precise, witty and, mainly, as Balanchine probably would have wanted it. Italy’s most read newspaper, the Corriere della Sera, titled its review “Balanchine’s Jewels…
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