In the Upper Room and Embrace were part of a triple-bill programme by Birmingham Royal Ballet called Polarity & Proximity. Embrace, a new ballet commissioned from choreographer George Williamson as part of Ballet Now, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s five-year programme, run in conjunction with Sadler’s Wells, to develop choreographers, composers and designers to create new and innovative works for the world stage. […]
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English National Ballet announces 2018-2019 Season
In brief: English National Ballet and English National Ballet School set to move into joint state-of-the-art home in Canning Town, East London ENB’s success in stage two application to Arts Council England’s Capital Large Grants programme for a £3 million investment in its new home Christopher Wheeldon to create a new in-the-round version of Cinderella […]
China National Peking Opera Company returns to the UK
10 years after their last visit to the UK in 2005, the China National Peking Opera Company returns to the UK at both the Liverpool Echo Arena Auditorium (13 – 15 November) and London’s Sadler’s Wells (19 – 22 November). China National Peking Opera Company will be performing two masterpieces for UK audiences: Warrior Women […]
Royal Ballet announces new details about its new Hofesh Shechter ballet
The new ballet by Hofesh Shechter for The Royal Ballet, which can be seen from 27 March until 14 April with Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments and MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, still has no title, but it will feature the entire company. Shechter, who is renowned for his unique style of contemporary dance, is creating his first […]
Sergei Polunin and Igor Zelensky are sued for £400,000 by Peter Schaufuss Ballet
23-year-old Sergei Polunin is being sued for failing to show for Peter Schaufuss’ production of Midnight Express in April. The box office was forced to give refunds, bookings slumped because the star name had dropped out, and publicity material had to be reprinted. According to the Daily Mail, although Polunin and his mentor Igor Zelensky, who also withdrew, […]
National Ballet of Canada brings Ratmansky’s Romeo and Juliet to London
The National Ballet of Canada will perform Alexei Ratmansky’s new production of Romeo and Juliet from tonight, 17 April, until 21 April at London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre. The ballet has obviously been an audience favourite ever since it came to the National Ballet in 1964, but the company’s new version, by Russian choreographer Alexei Ratmansky, which premiered […]
Karen Kain: it’s my job to keep the National Ballet of Canada motivated as Nureyev did
In three weeks’ time the National Ballet of Canada will arrive at London’s Sadler’s Wells. After a 26 years away from the capital The Times asked director Karen Kain why: Until this season we hadn’t been anywhere. Basically we didn’t have the repertoire that was allowing us to get the invitations. I knew that part of what I needed […]
The all-embracing San Francisco Ballet brings its eclecticism and passion to London
San Francisco Ballet launch their London season at London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre this evening, and until September 23 they will be presenting three mixed-bill programs. That’s 10 works over nine performances, featuring works by George Balanchine, Edwaard Liang, Mark Morris, Ashley Page, Christopher Wheeldon, SF Ballet chief Helgi Tomasson, as well as their Choreographer in […]
Sylvie Guillem on why she’s still ‘Mademoiselle Non’
Sylive Guillem will be in Venice tomorrow to receive from the Biennale the Leone d’oro (Golden Lion) for “having redesigned the form of the dancer, defying the laws of physics”. Valeria Crippa of the Corriere della Sera talked to her about aspects of her career. I could have ended up like a cork bobbing along on […]
Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty – from Petipa to iPads
Matthew Bourne is to create a new version of ballet Sleeping Beauty with “vampiric influences”. The work will be premiered at Christmas as part of a season at Sadler’s Wells marking 25 years of Bourne’s company, New Adventures. Earlier works, including Nutcracker and Play Without Words, will also be showcased at the London venue in 2012. […]