New works and popular revivals: The Royal Ballet 2025-26
World premieres by Wayne McGregor, Cathy Marston, Akram Khan, León-Lightfoot, and a first Royal Ballet presentation by NYCB’s Justin Peck
Natalia Osipova
Love, passion, murder: Natalia Osipova in Carmen
The Kittelberger/Osipova partnership has created on-stage dynamism before and does so again. A must-see.
A compelling duet from Akram Khan and Natalia Osipova in Dancing Nation
Mud of Sorrow: Touch highlights Dancing Nation part two
Sadler’s Wells and BBC Arts to stream an all-day digital festival: Dancing Nation
Fifteen live or pre-recorded performances in one day
Sadler’s Wells Global Gala reminds us what we are missing
Including Tiler Peck in the super Buzzard and Kestrel by William Forsythe
A film look at a superb, dramatic dancer: Force of Nature Natalia
A film documentary that follows a year in her life
Classical ballet leads the way in Pure Dance with Natalia Osipova
Ratmansky’s Valse Triste has gala material written all over it
Natalia Osipova explores the line between classical and contemporary
Free-flowing, seamless movement melts into itself as the dancers grow, leap and counter-balance.
Natalia Osipova goes contemporary
Best of the three works is the opening Qutb by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, a trio for Osipova, James O’Hara …
A tale of two Giselles: The Royal Ballet in Japan
There is so much to say about Marianela Nuñez and Vadim Muntagirov, and so few ways of saying it