American Ballet Theatre announces 2026 Fall Season and 2027 Spring Season at The David H. Koch Theater
American Ballet Theatre’s two seasons at the David H. Koch Theater in 2026-2027 were announced by Artistic Director Susan Jaffe.
Marius Petipa
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Review: Ballet Nights, New Futures – the opportunity to compare and contrast
Graham Watts sees New Futures from Ballet Nights, featuring 150 dancers from seven leading dance schools, but it needed pruning and better management.
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Review: Manuel Legris’ Paquita is an undisputed hit at Lithuanian National Ballet
Graham Watts sees Lithuanian National Ballet’s new production of Paquita with touches of genius from Manuel Legris and impressive performances from the dancers.
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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.
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Review: La Bayadère in Rome with Iana Salenko and Bakhtiyar Adamzhan
Marta Mele sees the bright colours and the tragedy of unattainable love in La Bayadère at Rome Opera House with Iana Salenko and Bakhtiyar Adamzhan.
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Review: Marianela Nuñez and William Bracewell in The Royal Ballet’s Giselle
Jonathan Gray sees Marianela Nuñez (sincerity that touches the heart) and William Bracewell (his dancing and partnering was magnificent) in Peter Wright’s Giselle.
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Review: Rome Opera Ballet’s magical performance of La Bayadère
Donatella Bertozzi sees La Bayadère in Rome and has a ‘magical, priceless evening’ with Paris Opera Ballet’s Sae Eu Park and Paul Marque.
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New York City Ballet’s 2026 Winter Season features the company’s 499th and 500th original works
New York City Ballet’s 2026 Winter Season runs from 20 January for six weeks at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.
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The best dozen dance shows of 2025 – a legacy of memories from Graham Watts’ year in dance
Dance writer Graham Watts looks back at a year of dance and chooses 12 performances from the 157 he saw during 2025.
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Review: Kenneth MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty with English National Ballet
Lily Hyde sees English National Ballet in Kenneth MacMillan’s 1987 version of The Sleeping Beauty, created for American Ballet Theatre.
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American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Season 2026 at the Metropolitan Opera House
American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Season 2026 will feature a new staging of Don Quixote, as well as the return of Onegin, Swan Lake, and Sylvia.
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Review: Marco Spada returns to Rome for the first time since Rudolf Nureyev’s appearances in 1981
Marta Mele sees Marco Spada with Rome Opera Ballet, a ballet first restaged in Rome in 1981 by choreographer Pierre Lacotte for Rudolf Nureyev.
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Review: The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance – the stars of tomorrow step into the spotlight today
Georgina Butler sees The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance 2025 celebrating tradition, innovation and passion and danced by remarkable students.
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Review: La Scala Ballet in Pierre Lacotte’s Paquita – a triumph for Nicoletta Manni
Graham Spicer sees Paquita at La Scala – a tribute to choreographer Pierre Lacotte, who died in 2023, but it was Nicoletta Manni’s night.
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Dutch National Ballet ‘corrects’ La Bayadère in a new version
Dutch National Ballet’s new production of La Bayadère “recalibrates the historical context” to correct the ballet’s inherent cultural appropriation.
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Review: American Ballet Theatre Studio Company opens the Next Generation Festival 2025
Jonathan Gray sees American Ballet Theatre Studio Company in a “disappointing” mixed programme at The Royal Opera House’s Linbury Theatre.
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Interview: Christine Cox, Artistic Director of Philadelphia’s BalletX
Ahead of BalletX’s UK debut during Ballet Nights on 1 April, artistic director Christine Cox talks about the company from Philadelphia she founded 20 years ago.
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Laurent Hilaire announces the Bayerisches Staatsballett’s 2025-2026 season
Laurent Hilaire has presented the Bayerisches Staatsballett’s 2025-2026 season, which sees three new mixed bills, world premieres, and house debuts.
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Ratmansky and Peck world premieres in New York City Ballet 2025 Winter Season
New York City Ballet’s 2025 Winter Season sees world premieres by Justin Peck and Alexei Ratmansky and a tribute to Maria Tallchief on the 100th Anniversary of her birth.
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Review: Rudolf Nureyev’s The Nutcracker at La Scala – outstanding five-star dancing
Graham Spicer sees Rudolf Nureyev’s The Nutcracker at La Scala – some odd dramatic choices but the company has never looked so good.
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Review: The Nutcracker with Rome Opera Ballet showing choreographer Paul Chalmer’s “wisdom, passion and finesse”
Donatella Bertozzi sees The Nutcracker in Rome and finds in Paul Chalmer “a strong narrator and an expert dance maker”.
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Review: Swan Lake with the State Ballet of Georgia in London
Jonathan Gray sees the State Ballet of Georgia’s production of Swan Lake: “Step by step, moment by moment, act by act, I felt my heart sinking.”
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Review: The Royal Ballet School’s Summer Performance – ‘the school should be immensely proud’
Jonathan Gray sees The Royal Ballet School’s Summer Performance at The Royal Opera House ‘demonstrating the versatility of the young dancers’.
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Rudolf Nureyev’s Bayadère returns to La Scala with Kimin Kim guesting
Rudolf Nureyev’s production of La Bayadère returns to La Scala for 10 performances from 26 May to 21 June, with Kimin Kim making a guest appearance.
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Tamara Rojo announces San Francisco Ballet’s 2024–2025 Season
San Francisco Ballet’s new season includes “high-drama story ballets, inventive contemporary voices, and works rarely seen by US audiences”.
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[Review] Swan Lake with The Royal Ballet – Mayara Magri shows that “great dancing can overcome even the most banal production”
Jonathan Gray sees Liam Scarlett’s production of Swan Lake for The Royal Ballet – “in Scarlett’s hands the ballet becomes a confusing mess”.
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The National Ballet of Canada: a farewell to Guillaume Côté, and a “hello London” with the National Ballet on tour
Principal Dancer Guillaume Côté will retire after 26 years with the National Ballet of Canada, and the company tours to London.
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The Royal Ballet’s Yasmine Naghdi and Reece Clarke lead the lineup for Ballet Nights 2024
Royal Ballet dancers Yasmine Naghdi and Reece Clarke head the bill for the Spring 2024 Ballet Nights.
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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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Casting for The Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake (March-May 2024) is announced
The Royal Ballet has announced casting for next year’s Swan Lake performances, which run from 6 March until 11 May 2024.
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