The Royal Ballet opens its 2026/27 season with Manon and a live cinema relay
Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon opens The Royal Ballet’s 2026/27 season, with performances from 13 October and a live cinema relay on 27 October.
Paris Opera Ballet
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From Milan to Paris: ten-year-old Nathan is off to the Paris Opéra
Ten-year-old Nathan is leaving Milan for Paris this September, joining the Opéra’s Dance School after beating out 50 hopefuls for a spot.
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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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Interview: Hugo Marchand on bringing French flair to ballet in LA
Ann Haskins spoke with Paris Opera Ballet Étoile Hugo Marchand about bringing ballet to Los Angeles’ Disney Hall.
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La Scala’s 2026-2027 Ballet Season announced
La Scala announces its 2026-2027 Ballet Season with nine works, including five premieres and four new productions.
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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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Lausanne 2026 Prize Winners have chosen the school or company they will join next season
The 14 Lausanne 2026 Prize Winners have decided on their placements next season – 1st prize winner William Gyves from the United States joins The Royal Ballet.lausanne
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Les Étoiles 2026 in Milan 11-12 April with 2 new guests: Natalia Osipova and Aurélie Dupont
Les Étoiles, the well-known gala format seen across Italy, returns to the Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan this weekend – on 11 April at 9 pm and on 12 April at 5 pm.
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Interview: Hannah O’Neill, Paris Opera Ballet Étoile, to debut with The Royal Ballet
Paris Opéra Ballet Étoile Hannah O’Neill will make her debut with The Royal Ballet in London as Giselle. Lily Hyde talked with her a few days before her first performance.
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Review: Nureyev’s The Sleeping Beauty at La Scala – thrilling in its eccentricity
Graham Spicer sees Rudolf Nureyev’s The Sleeping Beauty at La Scala with an electrifying Martina Arduino as Aurora.
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Hofesh Shechter is awarded Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture
The Hofesh Shechter Company has announced that choreographer and composer Hofesh Shechter OBE has been appointed to the rank of Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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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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Renato Zanella is the new director of the Ballet of the San Carlo Theatre in Naples
Renato Zanella, the Italian ballet dancer, choreographer and director, succeeds Clotilde Vayer as director of the Ballet of the San Carlo Theatre in Naples.
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Review: Contrasts – Paris Opera Ballet perform works by Trisha Brown, David Dawson, and Imre and Marne van Opstal
Matthew Paluch sees the Paris Opera Ballet in Contrasts – a dialogue of styles and executions that makes for a heady night.
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Review: Paris Opera Ballet in Roland Petit’s Notre-Dame de Paris
Matthew Paluch sees Paris Opera Ballet in Notre-Dame de Paris and was appreciative, but not affected by Roland Petit’s ballet.
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Review: The Magnificent Return of Serata William Forsythe at La Scala – Blake Works V
Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel and Graham Spicer see performances of William Forsythe’s Blake Works V at La Scala – a truly magnificent production.
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William Forsythe on music and mathematics in Blake Works
William Forsythe writes about Blake Works V in advance of La Scala reviving his ‘compilation’ of Prologue, The Barre Project and Blake Works I, two years after its premiere.
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Review: Momentum with London City Ballet – astonishing maturity
Graham Watts sees London City Ballet’s return to London with Momentum – the company deserves every success.
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As queer male representation in ballet soars, queer female representation stays firmly on the ground
As the dance work based on Isherwood’s gay novel A Single Man comes to London’s Royal Opera House, Lily Hyde laments the lack of female queerness in ballet.
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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: Nureyev’s Swan Lake at La Scala with Alice Mariani and Navrin Turnbull
Graham Spicer sees Swan Lake at La Scala – one of Rudolf Nureyev’s most successful choreographies.
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Interview with dancer Jacopo Bellussi, the new Artistic Director of the prestigious Nervi Festival
Interview with Hamburg Ballet’s principal dancer Jacopo Bellussi, the new Artistic Director of Nervi International Ballet Festival.
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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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Review: Paris Opera Junior Ballet in London – fine artists who were given little chance to shine
Jonathan Gray sees the Paris Opera Junior Ballet and although there was dancing of dashing brilliance the programme let them down.
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Interview: Manuel Legris leaves La Scala’s ballet company in its best shape ever
Manuel Legris leaves his post as director of La Scala Ballet and we look back to the moment he took over in 2020.
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Frédéric Olivieri to become new Director of La Scala’s ballet company
Frédéric Olivieri will take over as Director of La Scala’s ballet company from 1 March 2025.
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Ballet Icons Gala 2025 arrives at the London Coliseum in March
On 9 March 2025, the Ballet Icons Gala will fulfil its annual promise of presenting dancers from across the world to the London public.
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Review: Les Étoiles gala in Milan – 21 dancers, 17 pieces, 3 hours of starry dance
Graham Spicer sees the Les Étoiles galas in Milan with ballet stars in thrilling pas de deux and seductive modern repertoire.
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Review: The Paris Opera Ballet in Paquita – “I didn’t feel the magic”
Matthew Paluch sees The Paris Opera Ballet in Paquita: “If honest, I found it a tad boring and lacking in identity. I need a lot more from narrative ballet.”
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Review: The Paris Opera Ballet in Alexander Ekman’s Play – “a sight I wonder if I’ll ever see again”
Matthew Paluch sees The Paris Opera Ballet in Alexander Ekman’s Play – “It’s intelligent, powerful stuff.”
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