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Marianela Nuñez’s Giselle debut at the Paris Opera Ballet: a postscript
Joy Wang and Jenny Tang discuss Marianela Nuñez’ Paris Giselle, mulling over some of the things that surprised them and continue to haunt them
American visitors lead the way in the National Dance Awards 2023
The visits of Tiler Peck and Friends and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater garner both two awards, with the De Valois lifetime award going to Ian Webb.
A weekend of all that’s good about dance at Taipei’s Want to Dance Festival
The festival guarantees surprise, delight, frustration and more as established choreographers and dancers rub shoulders with those still emerging
National Dance Awards 2023 nominations announced
In what is the best year yet for diversity, the nominations are spread across a record 29 separate companies
Carlos Acosta announces Nutcracker in Havana
A show that will, in his own words, have the “colour, feel and vibrancy of Havana with the tradition and beauty of The Nutcracker.”
A new Nutcracker as English National Ballet’s 75th season is announced
The 2024-25 season also includes a new work by William Forysythe as part of a Forsythe evening, and both the company’s Giselles.
Northern Ballet announces 2024-25 season
A season of new commissions and the revival of the iconic and popular Romeo & Juliet, A Christmas Carol and Jane Eyre.
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
Cathy Marston opens her Ballett Zürich directorship with Walkways
In each ballet, the dancers literal cross from one side of the stage to the other, but their pathways also cross and open new beginnings.
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.