Matthew Ball

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Anemoi and The Cellist, respectively homages to classical ballet and to the late great cellist Jacqueline du Pré, make up The Royal Ballet’s first mixed bill of the current season

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The Royal Opera House adds three key works from The Royal Ballet repertoire to its Stream option

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Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate, adapted from Laura Esquivel’s best-selling Mexican family saga for The Royal Ballet, will be shown in cinemas nationwide

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The Royal Ballet’s glorious production of the Christmas ballet par excellence, The Nutcracker, is now firmly installed on the main stage at Covent Garden

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Men in Motion, a celebration of male dancers, marked its 10th anniversary at the London Coliseum with a gala that both entertained and surprised

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The Royal Ballet’s last triple bill of the season is a deeply satisfying demonstration of the genius of its founder choreographer, Frederick Ashton

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Spring Draft Works gives ballet lovers the chance to see Royal Ballet dancers try their hand at choreography in the intimate space of the Linbury Theatre.

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Wayne McGregor’s The Dante Project, a new ballet inspired by The Divine Comedy, will be available to stream on the Royal Opera House's digital platform

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The Royal Ballet has opened its first full season in almost two years with MacMillan’s rousing and heart-rending Romeo and Juliet

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Ukrainian and UK-based ballet dancers shared the stage at Sadler’s Wells in a one-off glittering, if uneven, gala

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The stars of the future light up the stage of the Royal Opera House in the third live concert, streamed to subscribers

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Two short duets drawn from The Royal Ballet's extensive repertoire made up dance’s fleeting participation in the third Live From Covent Garden programme

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Men at the Barre: Inside the Royal Ballet is a BBC TV documentary that focuses on the work of male ballet dancers and dispels stubborn myths surrounding their profession

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Possibly the most exciting dance film this year,
Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words, a new blood-and-guts film version of MacMillan’s masterpiece ballet, is available on iPlayer

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Choreographer Cathy Marston’s dramatic first work for the ROH’s main stage, The Cellist, is paired with Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering in the Royal Ballet’s new Double Bill

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The Royal Ballet serves up a sumptuous feast of pure dancing with its revival of The Sleeping Beauty, now in repertoire at the Royal Opera House

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Matthew Bourne's legendary Swan Lake comes to a screen near you, following a triumphant sell-out run at Sadler's

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The Royal Ballet opened this season’s lengthy run of Kenneth MacMillan’s masterful Romeo and Juliet by showcasing the first of a wide range of casts

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As they prepare to debut in a principal ballet role in The Winter’s Tale, Reece Clarke and Matthew Ball talk to Culture Whisper about the complex figure of Polixenes