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 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Kenneth … [Read more...] about The Royal Ballet in Japan and Los Angeles – dates and casting
Laura Morera
Photo Album: tonight’s opening cast of Frankenstein, The Royal Ballet
Liam Scarlett's first full-length ballet is revived for the first time running from tonight, 5 March 2019 until 23 March. Victor Frankenstein is played by Federico Bonelli, Elizabeth by Laura Morera, and The Creature is Wei Wang. Scarlett's production uses music by Lowell Liebermann with magnificent designs from John Macfarlane, beautifully and dramatically lit by … [Read more...] about Photo Album: tonight’s opening cast of Frankenstein, The Royal Ballet
Viviana Durante, Meow Meow and Laura Morera recreate MacMillan’s Seven Deadly Sins
Wilton’s Music Hall’s summer programming includes Kenneth MacMillan’s version of Kurt Weill-Bertolt Brecht’s Seven Deadly Sins. It is produced and mounted by former Royal Ballet principal dancer Viviana Durante with Meow Meow and Laura Morera among the cast. Wilton’s Music Hall in London is the oldest grand music hall in the world and in 2015 completed an extensive … [Read more...] about Viviana Durante, Meow Meow and Laura Morera recreate MacMillan’s Seven Deadly Sins
Photo album: First photos of The Royal Ballet opening night of Asphodel Meadows and The Two Pigeons
Ballets by Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton and Royal Ballet Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett share the stage in this mixed programme with music by Messager and Poulenc. The Two Pigeons 18 January—13 February 2019 "Young love triumphs over misunderstandings and mistakes in Frederick Ashton's nostalgic and humorous ballet." Performers A Young Girl - Lauren … [Read more...] about Photo album: First photos of The Royal Ballet opening night of Asphodel Meadows and The Two Pigeons
Covent Garden Dance Company director Matt Brady on his company and its dancer Mara Galeazzi
The Covent Garden Dance Company was founded in 2006 by its director Matt Brady. Twelve years later, the blurb on its site proudly states, The Covent Garden Dance Company is renowned for taking beautiful and unique locations around the world and creating a stunning 400 seat dinner theatre. We pride ourselves on our reputation of creating programmes that are beautiful and … [Read more...] about Covent Garden Dance Company director Matt Brady on his company and its dancer Mara Galeazzi
Royal Ballet ballerina stages starry gala in memory of her mother
Emma Maguire is a Soloist of The Royal Ballet. She lost her mother, Ann, a teacher, when she was stabbed to death in front of her class by a 15-year-old pupil at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds. Her murder, which shocked the entire UK, was in 2014. Emma and her family have admirably turned this horrific happening into something positive by creating the Ann Maguire … [Read more...] about Royal Ballet ballerina stages starry gala in memory of her mother
Sergei Polunin returns to dance with Natalia Osipova at The Royal Ballet
Former Royal Ballet Principal Sergei Polunin will partner Natalia Osipova in June, when he returns to dance in Frederick Ashton’s Marguerite and Armand. Other casting sees another former Royal Ballet Principal, Alessandra Ferri, together with her fellow Italian Federico Bonelli, and the third Italian in the lineup is Roberto Bolle who will be partnering Zenaida Yanowsky. These … [Read more...] about Sergei Polunin returns to dance with Natalia Osipova at The Royal Ballet
Natalia Osipova is Anastasia – a photo gallery with The Royal Ballet
Last night the curtain at The Royal Opera House went up on Kenneth MacMillan's Anastasia, with Natalia Osipova in the title role. One of MacMillan’s first creative acts on becoming Director of The Royal Ballet was to adapt Anastasia into a three-act, full-length work, his first for the Company since Romeo and Juliet. He had created a one-act version for Deutsche Oper Ballet … [Read more...] about Natalia Osipova is Anastasia – a photo gallery with The Royal Ballet
Royal Ballet Autumn Season 2016 – 2017 – full dates and casts
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 / 5, 6, 10, 13, 18, 21 and 22 October at 7.30pm/30 … [Read more...] about Royal Ballet Autumn Season 2016 – 2017 – full dates and casts
Critics round-up: Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein, The Royal Ballet
Not many critics go back as far as the Financial Times’s Clement Crisp, so his saying that The Royal Ballet’s new Frankenstein is, …a balletic evening as bizarre as any I have known at Covent Garden since the theatre reopened in 1946, is quite a statement! Most critics were slightly confused by the operation, leaving 30-year-old Liam Scarlett to thrash out a three act … [Read more...] about Critics round-up: Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein, The Royal Ballet