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Dance
A stellar cast made this year’s Ballet Icons Gala at the Coliseum a memorable, if overlong, occasion
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Dance
Northern Ballet brings its charming, hugely entertaining ballet for children Tortoise & The Hare to the Linbury Theatre
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Dance
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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Opera
A mouth-watering selection of ballet and opera for autumn at the Royal Opera House
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Dance
It’s official! Christmas started on Monday, 3 December, with the first performance of the Royal Ballet’s magical The Nutcracker at Covent Garden relayed to almost 1,000 cinemas in 50 countries.
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Opera
The China National Peking Opera Company returns to Sadler's Wells with two new productions
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Opera
Exciting new productions and some old stalwarts make up a varied Autumn of opera and dance at the Royal Opera House. Here are the highlights in chronological order
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Festival
Stellar outdoor art, music and dance festival comes to Grosvenor Square this summer for its inaugural year
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Dance
From duets to jazz and debuts by female choreographers, here are the dance highlights to book now
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Dance
Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale, hailed as the Royal Ballet’s first classic of the 21st century, returns to the Royal Opera House stage this Winter.
Features
From demanding cocaine to going viral on Youtube: Ballet's most controversial talent is staging a major comeback
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Immerse yourself in the Nutcracker, lace up your Red Shoes and lull yourself into the Beauty of ballet this winter in London
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Dance
Carlos Acosta: last performance is a feel-good affair as the Cuban takes his final classical bow
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Dance
An ancient Chinese story will be brought to life through classical Western dance when the Shanghai Ballet Company returns to the London Coliseum in August
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Dance
That perennial favourite, Carmen, provides inspiration for the St. Petersburg Ballet in a new full-length work coming to the Coliseum in August.
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Dance
« Un triomphe » et « un classique instantané » ne sont que quelques-uns des qualificatifs qui ont accueilli l’adaptation par Christopher Wheeldon de The Winter’s Tale (Le Conte d’hiver)
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Dance
London finally gets a look at this much-anticipated new work from Northern Ballet: Sadler’s Wells shows Orwell’s dystopia on stage
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Dance
Prepare to be dazzled by the dancers of the Bolshoi Ballet when they arrive for their sparkling Diamond Jubilee season at the Royal Opera House this summer
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Dance
Carlos Acosta and Zenaida Yanowsky star in Will Tuckett’s exploration of the life and loves of Queen Elizabeth.
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Dance
A special gala celebrating the exciting dance talent emerging from Spain is being hosted by the British-Spanish Society at The Place.
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Dance
English National Ballet’s spectacular production of the swashbuckling ballet Le Corsaire returns to the London Coliseum in January
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Dance
The Royal Ballet’s second bite at an all-Ashton programme pairs his delightful Two Pigeons with the virtuoso showpiece that’s Rhapsody.
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Dance
The first ever Royal Ballet mixed programme devoted entirely to the work of choreographer Christopher Wheeldon comes to the Royal Opera House in February.
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Dance
Love and despair know no bounds in the Royal Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet, Kenneth Macmillan’s ageless tragedy.
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Birmingham Royal Ballet returns to Sadler’s Wells with two programmes of classic and contemporary works.
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Men in tutus and size 12 pointe shoes take over the Peacock Theatre this autumn when Les Ballets Trockadero of Monte Carlo return to London.
Interview
BalletBoyz dancer Matthew Sandiford talks healthy competition, ballet for boys and dancing with one of the most successful contemporary companies in the UK.
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Russian ballerina Anna Tsygankova, Cinderella for Christopher Wheeldon and half of one of ballet's power couples, tells us about creating a fairytale.
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Dance
The London Coliseum hosts the UK première of Dutch National Ballet’s Cinderella, from the internationally acclaimed choreographer Christopher Wheeldon.
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Dance
Dance fans will discover the diversity of Royal New Zealand Ballet when the company makes its Royal Opera House debut in the Linbury Studio Theatre this November.
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Dance
Prepare to be captivated by one of the world’s most loved Romantic works when Australia’s Queensland Ballet makes its London debut with La Sylphide this summer.
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Dance
An impassioned affair between a retired courtesan and a younger man provides rich material for choreographer Martha Clarke’s Chéri with a cast to die for.