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The Royal Ballet serves up real magic for Christmas with its revival of Ashton’s enchanting Cinderella at the Royal Opera House
English National Ballet’s brand new Nutcracker is fresh, surprising and full of magic, artistic director Aaron S Watkin tells Culture Whisper
Luca Silvestrini’s The Little Prince is possibly the most charming family offering for Christmas Dance 2024 and can be seen at The Place over the festive season
A cornucopia of dance across London
Lost Dog's Ruination at the ROH Linbury Theatre offers the perfect alternative to the sugar and spice of the Christmas season
Swan Lake has a circus makeover this festive season and becomes Duck Pond, performed by Circa at the Royal Festival Hall
Matthew Bourne's iconoclastic Swan Lake with its corps of aggressive male swans is Sadler's Wells's offering this festive season
English National Ballet's brand new Nutcracker lights up the London Coliseum this Christmas season
Young children can enjoy the full magic of The Nutcracker this festive season with Let's All Dance's specially devised short version of the Christmas ballet
The Royal Ballet's magical production of The Nutcracker comes to a cinema near you this Christmastime
It’s the most magical season of all: Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman returns to the Peacock Theatre for the 27th year
The last Nutcracker of the season comes to the RAH courtesy of Birmingham Royal Ballet – and it's unmissable!
Carlos Acosta talks to Culture Whisper about his decision to transport the Christmas ballet to his native Cuba and turn it into Nutcracker in Havana
The Southbank performance programme for 2025 showcases international avant-garde dance
As she put the finishing touches to her new piece for The Royal Ballet, the American choreographer Pam Tanowitz talked to Culture Whisper about her way of making dance.
The Royal Ballet opened its 2024/25 season with a reprise of Christopher Wheeldon’s very busy, very colourful and rather long take on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
As Akram Khan’s iconoclastic Giselle returns to Sadler’s Wells, English National Ballet’s lead principal dancer Erina Takahashi discusses ballet's tragic heroine
Christopher Marney, artistic director of London City Ballet, tells Culture Whisper his new company mirrors and updates an audacious earlier project
Tickets are now on sale for the autumn period of The Royal Ballet 2024/25 season – an blend old and new, with much loved repertoire pieces alongside new creations
On the centenary of Franz Kafka’s death, the team that turned The Metamorphosis into a harrowing piece of dance-theatre reunite in Oxford to adapt the equally disturbing The Hunger Artist
As she prepares to add the lead role of Hermione to her enviable portfolio, The Royal Ballet’s Sarah Lamb tells us about the ins and outs of The Winter's Tale
As Sadler's Wells prepares to host her seminal work May B, the French choreographer Maguy Marin talks to Culture Whisper
The Royal Ballet Principal Character Artist, Gary Avis, tells Culture Whisper how he develops the compelling character roles crucial to bringing ballets to life
Ballet Nights aims to forge a new connection between audience and dancers. To find out exactly how, Culture Whisper spoke to its founder and artistic director, Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
The prolific American choreographer Jessica Lang talks to Culture Whisper about her first commission for The Royal Ballet, Twinkle, a work that’s star-studded in more ways than one
A bumper year for dance in London
A fertile year for dance in London
December means Nutcracker and more
In their first interview since joining English National Ballet, lead principal Sangeun Lee and first soloist Gareth Haw talk to Culture Whisper about this new chapter in their special partnership
The Royal Ballet's principal dancer Reece Clarke talks to Culture Whisper about his coming debut in the 'fun' role of Basilio in Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote.
November dance has an international accent
The Royal Ballet principal Mayara Magri tells Culture Whisper how she’s preparing for her debut in the role of Jacqueline du Pré in the dramatic ballet The Cellist