The Royal Ballet

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Dance for Ukraine, an emotional fundraiser for people affected by the war, is now available to watch on Marquee TV

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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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There's light and shade, and old and new in the packed 2022/23 Royal Ballet season, which has just been announced

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Dance for all tastes in April

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The American choreographer Kyle Abraham talks to Culture Whisper about The Weathering, his first major commission by the Royal Ballet, and his approach to artistic creation

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The American choreographer Kyle Abraham’s new work for The Royal Ballet, The Weathering, had its world premiere as part of a triple bill of contemporary work

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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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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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A bumper month for dance in London

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Marianela Nuñez and Federico Bonelli dazzled as the star-cross’d lovers in The Royal Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet's return to Covent Garden

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As the Royal Ballet brings back Romeo and Juliet with a roster of exciting new casts, Culture Whisper talks to two of the company’s brand-new Romeos

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Three major works from The Royal Ballet's repertoire, including The Sleeping Beauty, will be available to downstream for free in the new year

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The Royal Ballet fired the first shot in the battle of The Nutcrackers with its immaculate, heart-filling production of the classic Christmas ballet

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Ballet, contemporary and dance-theatre offer a cornucopia of exciting work in 2022

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The Royal Ballet streams its memorable production of Giselle, the Romantic ballet par excellence

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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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Dance beyond the lockdown

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As she prepares to dance the emblematic Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, newly minted Royal Ballet principal, Fumi Kaneko, talks to Culture Whisper about her life and favourite roles

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Nutcracker, Little Prince and Snowman

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World Ballet Day returns to our screens for the eighth year, with the participation of many international companies and a chance for viewers to shine!

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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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The Barbican presents a Martha Graham Weekender, highlighting the dance pioneer's collaboration with the sculptor Isamu Noguchi

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Opera 

Tickets are now on sale to the general public for the Royal Opera House's first full season of ballet and opera since the start of the pandemic

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The Royal Ballet’s last programme of the season, 'Beauty Bill', showcasing the excellence of its soloists and talented lower ranks, is livestreamed on 9 July

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The Royal Ballet’s up-and-coming choreographer Valentino Zucchetti talks to Culture Whisper about his brand-new ballet Anemoi, which opens the company’s final programme of the season

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The crème de la crème of British ballet comes together for a special charity gala in solidarity with a sector that was battered by the Covid-19 pandemic

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The Royal Ballet honours two masters of American ballet in its latest mixed bill dedicated to George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins

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The Royal Ballet streams Lyssa, a new short film choreographed by Lynne Page, featuring the company's female dancers and music by Nadine Shah

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The Royal Ballet returned to the stage at Covent Garden with 21st Century Choreographers, a mixed bill of contrasting works that probe light and shadow, harmony and conflict

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With Royal Opera House preparing to re-open its doors to live audiences, The Royal Ballet has announced an exciting programme of works for the spring season

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Symphonic Variations, one of Frederick Ashton's most emblematic works, is the next streamed ballet in the ROH's programme of Friday Premieres

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The Royal Ballet dances Kenneth MacMillan's joyous Concerto, set to music by Shostakovich, in the next stream of the ROH Friday Premieres programme