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Royal Ballet principal dancer Laura Morera talks proud endings and new beginnings as she prepares to forsake the stage after a long and remarkable career
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The Royal Ballet's sumptuous production of the much-loved Swan Lake comes to a cinema near you in a live relay from Covent Garden
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Inevitably overshadowed by the war in Ukraine, The Royal Ballet’s sumptuous production of Swan Lake returned to the stage at Covent Garden
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San Francisco Ballet Programme C introduces London to three new works with varying appeal, from a traditionalist take on Bach to a modern day display of sporting virtuosity
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Surely one of the most anticipated visitors of 2019, the vibrant San Francisco Ballet returns to Sadler’s Wells with four mouth-watering programmes
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The Royal Ballet gives Liam Scarlett’s first full-length work Frankenstein another outing; sadly it's as unsatisfactory as the work’s first run two years ago
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Works by The Royal Ballet’s founder choreographer Frederick Ashton and its youngest, Liam Scarlett – The Two Pigeons/Asphodel Meadows – make for a thrilling programme at the Royal Opera House
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BBC Four has a very special Christmas Day present for its viewers: a broadcast of the Royal Ballet’s sumptuous new production of Swan Lake with a stellar cast
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Enjoy skating moves and fantastical drama from the dancers, and the music of Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Janáček from the singers
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Royal Ballet School students join The Royal Ballet for a programme including the premiere of a new work from Liam Scarlett, and a reprise of Ashton's The Two Pigeons
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Lest We Forget, English National Ballet's commemoration of the centenary of the Great War, returns to the stage
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The Royal Ballet has programmed a series of Insight events to complement its brand new production of Swan Lake
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The Royal Ballet’s much anticipated new production of Swan Lake – its first in 30 years – comes to the Royal Opera House soon
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On the centenary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein, his daughter Nina remembers a musician who ‘lived many lives in one' and left behind a tremendous legacy
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The Royal Ballet unites all three of its associate choreographers for a triple bill celebrating the centenary year of American composer Leonard Bernstein’s birth
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The world premiere of Liam Scarlett’s Symphonic Dances, an abstract work from the Royal Ballet’s rising star choreographer, alongside Forsythe, Wheeldon and Balanchine
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A well balanced combination of old and new defines the Royal Ballet’s 2016/17 season - something for every taste and every age!
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New ballet by Liam Scarlett: Frankenstein disappoints after high expectations, but the dancers shine
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A Royal Ballet Mixed Bill ends with Carlos Acosta’s own, one act Carmen, and one of the final chances to catch the phenomenal Cuban star on stage.
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Dancers of the Royal Ballet raise funds for the Ann Maguire Arts Education Fund.