Tonight is the opening of the Verdensballetten (World Ballet) in the garden of the Royal Garden Society in Copenhagen, and it is on tour until 30 August.
First Soloist Valentino Zucchetti is to leave The Royal Ballet after 16 years to pursue his choreographic and producing career.
The winners of the 2025 National Dance Awards were announced today, marking the 26th anniversary of the awards (#NDA26).
The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle has announced the short-listed nominations for the National Dance Awards (#NDA26).
Kim Brandstrup’s 13 hip-hop dancers perform Breaking Bach, together with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, at the Edinburgh Festival.
The Dance Section of the UK Critics’ Circle announces the short-listed nominations for the National Dance Awards (#NDA25).
The Royal Opera 2025/26 Season with its new musical director, Jakub Hrůša, and 8 new productions.
Graham Watts sees Royal Ballet & Opera in Phaedra + Minotaur, an equal combination of opera and dance.
Here is a preview of The Royal Ballet casting for next year’s productions of Onegin, Light of Passage, and the double bill Phaedra + Minotaur.
The Royal Opera season 2024-2025 with presentation, casting, dates and a new name.
Laura Morera talks about her Royal Ballet career, the roles had and lost, dancing Ashton, and her “artistic love story” with choreographer Liam Scarlett.
The Royal Opera House announces its 2021/22 Season, the first full Season since 2019, opening on Monday 13 September.
Xander Parish, Lauren Cuthbertson, Marcelino Sambé, Federico Bonelli, Yasmine Naghdi, Marian Walter and Ida Praetorius will dance at this year’s festival.
Choreographer and filmmaker Kim Brandstrup‘s latest film project is to be shown in the newly refurbished Linbury Theatre as part of Open House London on 22 and 23 September. Brandstrup’s latest film project, Faces, is an intimate portrait of Carlos Acosta, Alina Cojacaru and Zenaida Yanowsky and catches that magical moment as each listens to the…
After 23 years with The Royal Ballet, last night Zenaida Yanowsky gave her final curtain call on the Covent Garden stage. Her final performance at the Royal Opera House was in Marguerite and Armand where she danced alongside Roberto Bolle. Her last performance with the Company, however, will be in Australia in July, performing Paulina in The…
The month-long contemporary arts festival Deloitte Ignite 2014 is based on the theme of myth and this year is curated by The Royal Ballet and The National Gallery’s Dr Minna Moore Ede, who said, At the National Gallery we try and bring paintings to life, but Deloitte Ignite has been an incredible opportunity to create…
Filming ballet is a tricky business. Ever been frustrated by the extreme close-up while a ballerina is doing 32 fouettés? Irritated by that longshot just as Juliet wakes after Romeo’s downed the poison? With Crystal Ballet there are none of these problems as their new choreographic works have been created to be filmed, knowing that…
Some of the brightest stars of British ballet have joined forces for a major dance initiative being launched next month. Genesis is a unique project set to captivate ballet audiences everywhere and appeal to a digitally aware generation. It is the brainchild of Crystal Ballet, a company set up in 2011 to explore new frontiers…
In one of the worst reviews of the season, the Financial Times‘ Clement Crisp finds almost nothing to like in Carlos Acosta‘s Premieres Plus at the London Coliseum: I remember visiting East Berlin when that city was still divided, and being intrigued by shops whose windows were filled with boxes which proclaimed delicacies of many kinds….
I jump at any chance to see Pina Bausch’s work, and so I’m thrilled to hear the rumour that we may be treated to a retrospective of all her works in the London 2012 Festival – she told The Independent. I think I’ll go to all of them. I also hugely admire my friend Kim…
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