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Balanchine and Morau, Preljocaj and Xie Xin: Hamburg Ballet’s Fast Forward

June 29, 2026

From George Balanchine’s Serenade to Xie Xin’s The Moon in the Ocean, via Marcos Morau’s Totentanz and Angelin Preljiocaj’s Annonciation.

Stephanie Lake’s Colossus: A Living Choreography

June 29, 2026

An exploration of the relationship between the individual and the collective… Each dancer remained distinct while being continuously reorganised within a larger, shifting whole.

Hamburg Ballet: Nijinsky

June 27, 2026

Not a documentary, not a narrative account of his life. Neumeier rather calls it a biography of the soul, of the “feelings and states of the human condition.”

Flamenco Festival 2026: Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía in Tierra Bendita

June 27, 2026

David Chupute provided one of the highlights of the evening. In his hands, castanets became a whole orchestra section in themselves.

English National Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty

June 26, 2026

This Sleeping Beauty is not flawless. But the production’s strengths are considerable: the splendour of its costumes, the sweep of the music, the scale of the occasion, and above all Emma Hawes’ luminous Aurora.

School of the Hamburg Ballet: Erste Schritte

June 26, 2026

An evening featuring the whole school, and culminating with John Neumeier’s Yondering, which explores themes of innocence and adventure

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Next Generation Festival: Rambert School & Junior Company of Polish National Ballet

June 26, 2026

An evening of contrasts with three contemporary dance works from Rambert School and five shorter neo-classical pieces from the Junior Company of the Polish National Ballet

Next Generation Festival: Chance to Dance

June 26, 2026

A celebratory and hopeful example of how Chance to Dance can catalyse the careers of dancers who may never have crossed paths with ballet otherwise

Tanztriennale: Fábio (Krayze) Januário’s Musseque

June 25, 2026

Musseque highlights the joy and strength found in moving together. It’s a celebration of people, of home, of Angola. It’s a work of belonging. Plus a look back at Tanztriennale generally.

Tanztriennale 2026: Chiara Bersani in Seeking Unicorns

June 25, 2026

She pauses. Looks. Smiles. There’s a laugh. She moves herself between the legs of one lady watching. Warm smiles are exchanged

Tanztriennale: Counter Balance and a ballet-hip hop fusion

June 25, 2026

As Reiko Ohta and Jospeh Simon play with the attitudes and aesthetics of the two dance forms, Routines doesn’t just bring them together, it blends and fuses them.