Winners of the 2025 National Dance Awards
The winners of the 2025 National Dance Awards were announced today, marking the 26th anniversary of the awards (#NDA26).
Russell Maliphant
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Review: BalletBoyz’s 25th anniversary show, Still Pointless – lacking evolution
Lily Hyde sees BalleyBoyz’s ‘Still Pointless’ programme, admiring the company’s ten accomplished dancers, but finds some works… pointless?
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The Royal Ballet – complete 2026-2027 Season
The complete presentation, calendar and production details of the full Royal Ballet 2026-2027 Season.
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The Critics’ Circle announces the nominations for the 26th National Dance Awards
The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle has announced the short-listed nominations for the National Dance Awards (#NDA26).
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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: Natalia Osipova at the Linbury Theatre continuing her rollercoaster ride
Graham Watts sees Natalia Osipova in ‘Osipova/Linbury’ – “this remarkable star of 21st century ballet continues to expand her horizons”.
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BalletBoyz: Still Pointless At 25 – celebrating a quarter century on stage and screen
25 years after BalletBoyz presented its debut performance ‘Pointless’, the company is back with ‘Still Pointless’ at Sadler’s Wells.
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Review: Russell Maliphant’s Maliphantworks4 – “I could watch it repeatedly, week-after-week.”
Graham Watts sees Russell Maliphant Dance Company in Maliphantworks4 – Russell Maliphant’s dance is a perfect prescription to cleanse the soul.
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Review: Royal Ballet & Opera’s “Phaedra + Minotaur” left the audience wanting more
Graham Watts sees Royal Ballet & Opera in Phaedra + Minotaur, an equal combination of opera and dance.
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Nominations for the 24th National Dance Awards – #NDA24
The Dance Section of the UK Critics’ Circle announces its short-listed nominations for the National Dance Awards (#NDA24).
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Sadler’s Wells in London has announced seven new Associate Artists
Sadler’s Wells has announced seven new Associate Artists who represent a wide range of dance styles and are among the most exciting talents working in dance today.
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World premiere of film of Kenneth MacMillan’s Sea of Troubles
Yorke Dance Project with The Royal Ballet gives the world premiere of its film of Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet Sea of Troubles.
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The BalletBoyz return to London with an ambitious project: England on Fire
The BalletBoyz return to the stage this winter with ‘England on Fire’ at Sadler’s Wells from Wednesday 8 – Saturday 11 November 2023.
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[Review] Men in Motion: the male dance spectacular still delivers, ten years on
Ivan Putrov’s Men in Motion celebrates its tenth anniversary at the London Coliseum with an international cast of male dancers.
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20th Anniversary Gala for La Scala Academy
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Academy, La Scala put on a gala with former singing students and dancers, and scenes danced by the Ballet School.
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English National Ballet returns to the stage with ‘Reunion’
English National Ballet returns to the stage on Monday 17 May at Sadler’s Wells with its first live performances to theatre audiences for over a year
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Free modern triple bill and Swan Lake over Christmas from Bavarian State Ballet
Bayerisches Staatsballett is offering a free streaming programme with Swan Lake on 24-26 December 2020 and the premiere of the modern triple bill Paradigma on 4 January 2021.
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All about English National Ballet’s Digital Season: 23 Nov – 21 Dec
All the programming for English National Ballet’s world premieres for its digital season, a series of five original dance films that will be made available to rent via Ballet on Demand, part of the company’s new video platform, ENB at Home.
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English National Ballet returns to the stage and presents a new Christmas Nutcracker
English National Ballet returns to the stage with performances of Nutcracker Delights at the London Coliseum this Christmas from 3 December 2020 until 3 January 2021.
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Preview: Nureyev the film is a glorious celebration of an exceptional life
Nureyev is an important new documentary about Rudolf Nureyev’s extraordinary life which will be shown in cinemas around the UK from 25 September. BAFTA nominated directors Jacqui and David Morris have interviewed Nureyev’s colleagues from the dance world – Alla Osipenko, Ghislaine Thesmar, Dame Antoinette Sibley, Clement Crisp, Meredith Daneman – but sensibly don’t fill…
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Notes on Le Corsaire at La Scala… an alternative cast
The success of Le Corsaire’s first night cast at La Scala was reviewed here previously, but no less was an alternative cast which had a shining beacon in Martina Arduino as Medora. She is a lovely dancer who was thrust into the spotlight when Alexei Ratmansky plucked her from the corps.
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A female pas de deux from Royal Ballet dancers Beatriz Stix-Brunell and Yasmine Naghdi
It’s relatively rare to see a female pas de deux in classical dance. In 2015, for her farewell tour, Sylvie Guillem asked Russell Maliphant to create a such a duet as she’d never danced with a female partner, so he created Here & After, which she danced all over the world with La Scala soloist Emanuela Montanari….
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In pictures – Ardani Artists’ Tour de Force III at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Tour de Force III at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts was subtitled, a Dance Spectacular. In effect, the event brought many exceptional talents together, as is Ardani Artists‘ custom, and it was also Sergei Polunin‘s debut on America’s West Coast, something for Californians to get excited about. He was dancing with Natalia Osipova in…
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ENB’s Emerging Dancer competition to be streamed live on 17 May
The English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer competition at the London Palladium, now in its seventh year, will this year be live streamed for the first time. The broadcast will be in partnership with ArtStreamingTV on Tuesday 17 May 2016. It will be possible to watch the full programme of performances, as well as interviews from…
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We may be saying ‘bye’ to the dancer, but certainly not to Sylvie Guillem
Sylvie Guillem is an extraordinary creature: exuding a special aura yet blessed with the common touch. She has almost always been this way, the ordinary (little or no makeup, bare legs in ballet) mixed with the extraordinary (her technique, her corporeal expressiveness); the anti-diva who can be diva-ish. It is a fascinating and winning combination,…
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English National Ballet’s Choreographics to be streamed live
English National Ballet‘s platform for emerging dance makers, Choreographics, at Sadler’s Wells‘ Lilian Baylis Studio on 19 and 20 June, will this year be live streamed for the first time, in partnership with ArtStreamingTV, on Saturday 20 June at 2.15pm. Hashtag for the event, #ENBChoreographics! All the performances will be streamed as well as live interviews…
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Nominees announced for the 15th National Dance Awards
The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle has announced the nominations for the 15th National Dance Awards. The Critics’ Circle is composed of five sections: Music, Theatre, Film, Dance and Visual Arts and Architecture. Its aims are to promote the art of criticism, to uphold its integrity in practice and to support the advancement of the arts. Currently…
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Carlos Acosta brings a touch of Cuba to the Royal Opera stage
Royal Ballet Principal Carlos Acosta will bring Cubanía, a programme of Cuban dance inspired by his homeland, to the Royal Opera House in July. The mixed programme contains world premieres and award-winning contemporary dance which will be accompanied by a live onstage Cuban house band. Cubanía is devised by Acosta and he will perform during the evening. Uniting…
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The Bolshoi’s golden couple Ivan Vasiliev and Natalia Osipova come out tops at the 11th Critics’ Circle Dance Awards
The Bolshoi Ballet took the most prizes at the 11th Critics’ Circle Dance Awards held at Sadler’s Wells. The awards given out were: De Valois Award for Outstanding Achievement – Jann Parry, Alistair Spalding Outstanding Female Performance (Classical) – Martha Leebolt (Northern Ballet) Outstanding Male Performance (Modern) – Daniel Proietto, for work with Russell Maliphant company…
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