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Choreographer Wayne McGregor’s staggeringly ambitious three-Act work MaddAddam, has opened at Covent Garden, following its 2022 world premiere in Canada
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The Royal Ballet's magical production of The Nutcracker comes to a cinema near you this Christmastime
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Legacy at the Linbury Theatre is a celebration of Black and Brown excellence in ballet, helmed by the Royal Ballet principal Joseph Sissens
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Encounters, The Royal Ballet’s first mixed bill of the season, offers a thrilling look at the possibilities of ballet in the 21st century
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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.
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Sir Frederick Ashton's magical Cinderella is the Royal Ballet's Christmas offering this year
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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
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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
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Dance Revolutionaries is a new film that honours two choreographers, whose work changed the face of dance in the UK: Robert Cohan and Kenneth MacMillan
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The Next Generation Festival opened at the ROH with a gloomy triple bill by Ballet NdB2, the junior company of the Brno National Theatre Ballet in the Czech Republic
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Sarasota Ballet continued its week-long residency in the ROH Linbury Theatre with a gala performance of short Ashton works rarely seen this side of the water
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Young dancers from across Europe take to the stage in the ROH Next Generation Festival at the Linbury Theatre
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The Royal Ballet joined the celebrations of Sir Frederick Ashton’s genius with programme that assembled two of his best loved works and a selection of shorter, rarely seen pieces
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The Royal Ballet honours its founder choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton with two programmes containing some of his best loved short works
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The Sarasota Ballet joins the massive Ashton Worldwide Festival, celebrating the legacy of the prolific Royal Ballet founder choreographer
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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
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The Winter’s Tale, choreographer Christopher Wheeldon’s compelling adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, marked its 10th anniversary at Covent Garden with outstanding performances all-round
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The 2024 edition of International Draft Works at the ROH showcases young, up-and-coming dancemakers from Europe and beyond
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The Royal Ballet celebrates choreographer Kenneth MacMillan with a triple bill that illustrates the stunning breath of his creative genius
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The Royal Ballet kicked off its spring season with an immaculate and emotional performance of Swan Lake
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The Royal Ballet Principal Character Artist, Gary Avis, tells Culture Whisper how he develops the compelling character roles crucial to bringing ballets to life
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The Royal Opera House stage pulsated with fresh ideas and splendid dancing in the four New Works of its Festival of New Choreography
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The Royal Opera House kicked off its Festival of New Choreography with Canadian Robert Binet’s Dark with Excessive Bright, an immersive, yet strangely unaffecting work
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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
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One of the most powerful works in The Royal Ballet repertoire, MacMillan's Manon, returns to Covent Garden on its 50th anniversary for a three-week run
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The Royal Ballet’s near-perfect production of The Nutcracker brings magic to the Christmas season at the Royal Opera house
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Wayne McGregor’s The Dante Project, his sprawling, ambitious take on Dante’s The Divine Comedy, has its first revival by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House
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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.
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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 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
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Tickets for The Royal Ballet's winter period are now on general sale
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September brings dance for all tastes