FEATURE: Next Generation Festival: Royal Ballet School and School of American Ballet
Reading Time: 2 minutesA first look at the brilliant dancers about to shape the next chapter of ballet.
Category Ballet
REVIEW: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Reading Time: 2 minutesLes Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (‘The Trocks’), the all-male drag ballet troupe originating from New York, begin tonight’s performance at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre
REVIEW: Dracula
Reading Time: 3 minutesBig Lives’ Dracula at the Festival Theatre is ballet for people who don’t usually go to the ballet, and honestly that’s part of its charm.
Review: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorld-class ballet technique meets laugh-out-loud comedy At Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo delivered a performancethat was as technically impressive as it was entertaining; a rare balance that few companiesmanage to sustain across an…
REVIEW: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Don Quixote
Reading Time: 2 minutesCarlos Acosta's version of Don Quixote never quite finds its feet. Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote tells the story of a deluded knight who famously jousts with windmills.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Monsieur Chevalier
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Monsieur Chevalier, Artistic Director of the Ballet National Folklorique du Luxembourg.
REVIEW: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes
Reading Time: 2 minutesSomething very special happens when an artist decides to explore a story about their own craft. It often means that the story is told with heart, passion, and nuance, and that’s one of the things that makes Matthew Bourne’s telling of The Red Shoes so mesmerising – one of the many things.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Rio Barker
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with Rio Barker to chat about English National Ballet's new production of My First Ballet: Cinderella.
REVIEW: English National Ballet: Body & Soul
Reading Time: 2 minutesA bold, visually innovative double bill that feels like exactly what contemporary ballet needs right now At Sadler’s Wells, Body & Soul by English National Ballet brings together two outstanding premieres from Crystal Pite and Kameron N.…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Alexander Whitley
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Alexander Whitley about Alexander Whitley Dance Company's new double bill The Rite of Spring / Mirror.