Reading Time: 2 minutesWe sat down with Daniela Dimova, Artistic Director of Varna International Ballet which comes to the UK in the new year, visiting 20 venues from 2 January – 5 March 2025, with beloved classics Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and Romeo and Juliet.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) has acquired the Kenneth MacMillan Archive, a significant collection showcasing the life and career of the influential choreographer. Gifted by Lady MacMillan, it features diverse materials from over seven decades, highlighting MacMillan's contributions to British ballet. The archive will be accessible for educational research after cataloguing in 2025.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn interesting, modern take on the Christmas classic
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with Daisy Sequerra who plays Posy Fossil in National Theatre's new adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's beloved book Ballet Shoes.
Reading Time: 2 minutesScottish Ballet is thrilled to announce the world premiere of Mary, Queen of Scots, debuting at the Edinburgh International Festival in August 2025, with a subsequent tour across Scotland. This original production offers a fresh perspective on…
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrederick Ashton’s comic ballet has been performed by Birmingham Royal Ballet since 1962 and is known as a classic piece of modern ballet repertory. Following the story of Lise and her beau Colas, La Fille mal gardée tells the tale of love; familial, unrequited and returned.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs October casts its enchanting spell, the English National Ballet’s performance of Mary Skeaping’s Giselle at the Liverpool Empire Theatre feels like the perfect embodiment of the season. The production artfully intertwines the celebratory feeling of Oktoberfest in act one at the Rhineland wine festival and act two follows with the ethereal dread of the afterlife mimicking the eeriness of Halloween. This sets the stage for a ballet that demonstrates what happens when you give love your all.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down with Mark Elie, CEO & Artistic Director at the Mark Elie Dance Foundation and Founder of the Portobello Dance & Performing Arts School, who pioneered Classically British & Co.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDeveloped from her solo piece Hatched in 2007, Mamela Nyamza's Hatched Ensemble questions and confronts this legacy, eventually transformed into a celebration of South African culture and dance traditions.
Reading Time: 3 minutesRambert dancer Simone Damberg-Würtz talks about performing in the daring and dynamic show, and embodying Peaky Blinder’s Polly Gray.