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Dance photographer Elliott Franks dies at 62
The talented, well-respected, and much-loved photographer Elliott Franks has died at his London home at age 62.
Joseph Sissens
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Review: Covent Garden Dance’s Ballet Under the Stars at Hatch House
Graham Watts sees Ballet Under the Stars in the beautiful Dutch Garden at Hatch House, where starlight ballet said adieu on a high.
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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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Review: Debuts 3 – Leticia Dias and Joseph Sissens in The Royal Ballet’s La Fille mal gardée
Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel sees Leticia Dias and Joseph Sissens as Lise and Colas, “finding love, the Ashton way”, in Ballet’s La Fille mal gardée.
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Review: Wayne McGregor’s Alchemies – changing expectations at The Royal Ballet
Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel sees Wayne McGregor: Alchemies with The Royal Ballet – This exhilarating triple bill is the very essence of alchemies of curiosity: absorbing, engaging, daring.
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Review: Ivan Putrov’s Dance for Ukraine gala – raising funds to support ballet students
Graham Watts praises Dance for Ukraine – a very fine show, worthy of fulsome support.
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Interview: Ivan Putrov on the Dance for Ukraine gala at the Royal Academy of Dance
Darcey Bussell, President of the Royal Academy of Dance, and Ivan Putrov present a ballet gala to support ballet students in Ukraine, on Saturday 21 March.
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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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Review: Onegin with The Royal Ballet – Natalia Osipova is a great dance-actress… electrifying
Jonathan Gray sees Natalia Osipova as Tatiana in Onegin – “a tremendous performance from a wonderful artist”.
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Review: Ballet to Broadway – it’s all-Wheeldon at The Royal Ballet
Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel sees Ballet to Broadway, The Royal Ballet’s programme of four Christopher Wheeldon works.
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The 25th National Dance Awards nominations announced
The Dance Section of the UK Critics’ Circle announces the short-listed nominations for the National Dance Awards (#NDA25).
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Review: The Royal Ballet in Balanchine – Three Signature Works, Serenade / Prodigal Son / Symphony in C
Jonathan Gray sees The Royal Ballet’s new Balanchine triple bill, Three Signature Works – competent, but rarely exciting.
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Review: The Royal Ballet in MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet – wonderfully fresh with lively dancing and vivid interpretations
Jonathan Gray sees Romeo and Juliet with Yasmine Naghdi and Matthew Ball who continue to deepen and intensify their interpretations.
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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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Review: Legacy – a ‘refreshingly unusual’ gala at the Royal Opera House celebrating Black and Brown excellence in ballet
Graham Watts sees Legacy at the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Theatre with “exceptionally gifted black and brown dancers”.
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The Royal Ballet promotes Calvin Richardson and Joseph Sissens to Principal
Director of The Royal Ballet, Kevin O’Hare, has announced the promotions and the joiners and leavers for The Royal Ballet’s 2024/25 Season.
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Casting announced for The Royal Ballet’s run of Cinderella this Christmas
The Royal Ballet has announced casting for the Christmas run of Cinderella including the Cinema Relay on Tuesday 10th December 2024.
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Royal Ballet and Dance Theatre of Harlem look at Black Dancers in Ballet
Lydia Wharf attends ‘Black Dancers in Ballet’ with The Royal Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Jacobs Pillow and the Black British Ballet Project.
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[Interview] Royal Ballet director Kevin O’Hare talks about the company’s new name and new season 2024-2025
The Royal Ballet 2024-2025 – I talked with Royal Ballet director Kevin O’Hare about the programming, new initiatives, tradition… and a new name!
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[Interview] “It is possible!” – The Royal Ballet’s Emerging Choreographer Joseph Toonga on piqués and popping
Interview with Joseph Toonga, The Royal Ballet’s first Emerging Choreographer, who is bringing the world of hip hop into The Royal Opera House.
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[Review] MacMillan Celebrated – The Royal Ballet shows the choreographer fizzing with ideas
Jonathan Gray sees The Royal Ballet’s MacMillan Celebrated (Danses concertantes, Different Drummer, Requiem) showing a versatile and compelling creative force.
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[Review] Robert Binet’s Dark with Excessive Bright – “a component of the bigger, balletic evolutionary journey”
Matthew Paluch sees Robert Binet’s immersive work Dark with Excessive Bright, part of The Festival of New Choreography at The Royal Opera House.
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Liam Scarlett’s Swan Lake returns to The Royal Opera House
Liam Scarlett’s Swan Lake (created in 2018, three years before his tragic death at 35) returns to the Royal Opera House.
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The Royal Ballet announces details of Festival of New Choreography
The Royal Ballet has announced details about its forthcoming Festival of New Choreography, opening in February 2024.
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Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon returns to The Royal Ballet for its 50th Anniversary
The Royal Ballet presents MacMillan’s Manon, 50 years since its 1974 premiere, and 100 years since the death of its designer Nicholas Georgiadis.
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The Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker with Anna Rose O’Sullivan and Marcelino Sambé – cinema audiences are in for a treat
Jonathan Gray returns to Nutcracker “on this special evening I was very glad to become acquainted with it all over again – cinema audiences are in for a treat”.
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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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[Review] Royal Ballet triple bill: Untitled, 2023, Corybantic Games, Anastasia Act III
Review and photo album of The Royal Ballet’s triple bill with a new Wayne McGregor premiere: “Untitled, 2023”, Wheeldon and MacMillan.
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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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The Royal Ballet’s new clothing and accessory collection
The Royal Ballet has a new clothing and accessory collection that “combines high-quality materials with great attention to detail”.
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