Sir Richard Alston, choreographer, teacher, artistic director and tireless advocate for dance, died on 7 September 2026 at the age of 77.
Lily Hyde sees Marianela Nuñez in Marianela: Timeless – it is Nuñez’s night, and hers alone.
Graham Watts sees Ashton’s Birthday Offering, Jooss’s The Green Table and Balanchine’s Theme and Variations – an excellent programme to close a very good year at BRB.
Graham Watts sees La Bayadère in Oslo where two stellar dancers shared the stage with an excellent company.
Clinton Luckett spoke with Ann Haskins about the ABT ballerinas dancing Sylvia, Delibes’ music, and the challenges of the role created on Margot Fonteyn.
The historic Porselli shop on Via Filodrammatici, opposite La Scala’s artists’ entrance, has closed after 55 years.
The Royal Ballet has announced the retirement of Gary Avis from his position as both Principal Character Artist and Senior Répétiteur.
Ann Haskins talks to Tamara Rojo as she begins her third season as Artistic Director of San Francisco Ballet.
The Fonteyn 2025 – RAD’s The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition, is coming to São Paulo, Brazil for the first time (11-19 October 2025).
The Italian Minister of Culture has nominated dance impresario Daniele Cipriani to direct the Spoleto Festival from 2026.
Dance critic Jonathan Gray talks to Voices of British Ballet director, Patricia Linton, about the oral history project.
Donatella Bertozzi sees The Nutcracker in Rome and finds in Paul Chalmer “a strong narrator and an expert dance maker”.
Matthew Paluch sees The Margot Fonteyn Ballet Competition: “seeing young people flourish because of their own hard work and dedication will never tire.”
Jonathan Gray sees The Royal Ballet and Sarasota Ballet performing Frederick Ashton short works and Façade as part of Ashton Celebrated.
The Royal Ballet celebrates Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton with two special programmes and welcomes Sarasota Ballet.
San Francisco Ballet’s new season includes “high-drama story ballets, inventive contemporary voices, and works rarely seen by US audiences”.
The Royal Ballet has announced the casting for its Ashton Celebrated programmes (June 2024) with choreography by Frederick Ashton.
RAD’s Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition returns after Covid at the Phantom of the Opera theatre in London.
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) presents awards at final of the Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition 2023 in London.
Royal Ballet’s Michael Somes was an almost legendary figure as a danseur noble, glamorous partner of Margot Fonteyn, and ballet master with a ferocious temper.
Sarah Woodcock’s new biography of Royal Ballet star Michael Somes, the dynamo driving performances as partner to Margot Fonteyn and overseer of performances.
The Royal Academy of Dance will host The Fonteyn 2023 competition in London in October – the first in-person competition since the pandemic.
Laura Morera talks about her Royal Ballet career, the roles had and lost, dancing Ashton, and her “artistic love story” with choreographer Liam Scarlett.
Lynn Seymour died on 7 March 2023 at the age of 83, on the eve of her 84th birthday. Gramilano collected some tributes to the great dancer.
Two Auroras: Anna Rose O’Sullivan (quick, light, and bright) and Mayara Magri in her debut (ravishing, thrilling, glorious).
Matthew Paluch sees Thick & Tight’s ‘Tits and Teeth – a retrospective of a dazzling career’ – “They’re one of a kind… It’s really something to behold.”
The return to La Scala of Rudolf Nureyev’s Nutcracker after 16 years gives back a well-loved production, but it needs work.
The Royal Ballet’s production of The Sleeping Beauty returns from Monday 16 January until Tuesday 6 June 2023, also live in cinemas worldwide.
Mary Clarke, former editor of Dancing Times, wrote this obituary of Dame Beryl Grey before her death in 2015.
A three-hour gala celebrating the career of Carla Fracci, who died last year, was a triumph at La Scala and presented the company at its best.
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