Birmingham Royal Ballet 2024-25 Season
Premiering in Birmingham (October 3-5, 2024) before moving to Sadler’s Wells (October 22-23), Luna is a two-act abstract ballet in six movements
Arielle Smith
London City Ballet is reborn
Directed by Christopher Marney, it will return to the stage in summer 2024, touring across the UK, including a week at Sadler’s Wells that autumn.
The National Youth Ballet delight in re|generation
Without doubt, the highlight is Jonathan Payn’s beautifully crafted Iken, a gently lyrical classical ballet to Benjamin Britten’s Simple Symphony
National Dance Awards 2021 nominations announced
The Royal Ballet tops the list with a total of 17 nominations, followed by English National Ballet and New Adventures (7 apiece)
César Morales and Simone Damberg Würtz take the top individual prizes in the 21st National Dance Awards
Würtz is the first contemporary dancer to win Best Female Dancer. Elsewhere, Cathy Marston’s The Cellist picked up three prizes
A jolly good evening! Live dance returns with English National Ballet’s Reunion
From Yuri Possokhov’s Senseless Kindness to Arielle Smith’s Jolly Folly, the five works all transfer well from film to stage, giving some in particular the chance to truly breathe
The 21st National Dance Awards nominations announced
Drawn from a remarkable 456 artists and companies suggested
Five new dance films for English National Ballet Digital Season
Stina Quagebeur, Yuri Possokhov, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Russell Maliphant, Arielle Smith
English National Ballet moves to video-on-demand for the autumn
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