Ann Haskins talks to Katherine Barkman, recently promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer at San Francisco Ballet.
English National Ballet’s First Artist Anri Sugiura shares her journey from Japan to London, her debut at the Royal Albert Hall, and her pursuit of excellence.
Ulrik Birkkjaer talks to Ann Haskins about staging La Sylphide for San Francisco Ballet – port de bras, jumps and mime.
Ballet’s past, present, and future are explored in the 2026-2027 season, San Francisco Ballet announced this week.
A new ballet on Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin opens at San Francisco Ballet, with choreography by Yuri Possohkov, music by Ilya Demutsky, and designs by Tim Yip.
Pressure mounts on San Francisco Ballet to rethink its Washington performances as criticism swirls around President Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center.
Ann Haskins talks to Tamara Rojo as she begins her third season as Artistic Director of San Francisco Ballet.
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.
San Francisco Ballet has announced its 2025–2026 Season, curated by Artistic Director Tamara Rojo.
Paul Arrowsmith talks to Ernst Meisner who takes over from Ted Brandsen as Artistic Director of Dutch National Ballet in 2026.
Isaac Hernández will leave the San Francisco Ballet at the end of this season. His contract expires on 1 July.
Matthew Paluch watches English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer Award 2024 and reveals this year’s winners.
Matthew Paluch sees Swan Lake with San Francisco Ballet and is struck by Nikisha Fogo’s Odette/Odile: a super interesting dancer – nothing is held back.
San Francisco Ballet’s new season includes “high-drama story ballets, inventive contemporary voices, and works rarely seen by US audiences”.
San Francisco Ballet Principal Dancer Yuan Yuan Tan will give her final performance with the company on 14 February in Ashton’s Marguerite and Armand.
The annual free digital 24-hour livestream for World Ballet Day occurs on Wednesday 1 November this year.
Matthew Paluch sees the London premiere of Akram Khan’s “Jungle Book reimagined”.
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.
Jonathan Gray sees Derek Deane’s “straight-forward version of the ballet” lacking in lyrical fluency for English National Ballet.
English National Ballet today announced that its Emerging Dancer competition will be paused until 2024.
English National Ballet pays tribute to the company’s president, Dame Beryl Grey, who died yesterday at the age of 95.
A round-up of some of the critics’ views of the charismatic Tamara Rojo’s last programme as ENB director: Ek/Forsythe/Quagebeur
English National Ballet returns to Sadler’s Wells with a new triple bill (but no artistic director): Ek/ Forsythe/ Quagebeur.
English National Ballet announced that Aaron S. Watkin has been appointed as its new Artistic Director. He will take up the position in August 2023.
English National Ballet’s annual Emerging Dancer competition has been won by the American dancer Eric Snyder.
English National Ballet has announced that Artistic Director Tamara Rojo will step down at the end of 2022 to become Artistic Director at San Francisco Ballet.
The recent impact of Covid-19 has disrupted English National Ballet’s rehearsal schedule for its upcoming production of Raymonda
The first photos of English National Ballet’s new production of the Tamara Rojo Raymonda are of the rehearsals that took place in the company’s new London home.
This year’s National Dance Awards were announced yesterday at a streamed event from Cervantes Theatre in London.
This summer, from 16 – 26 June, English National Ballet presents Solstice, a programme of repertoire highlights, at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.
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