The Royal Ballet: Like Water for Chocolate
As entertainment, Like Water for Chocolate succeeds. It is a rich, magical, exotic tragedy. But in terms of substance, it remains at the surface.
The Royal Ballet & Opera
National Ballet of Japan: Giselle
The ballet adheres to the traditional, leaving the surprises and delight in the quality of performance from the dancers.
Royal Ballet School Summer Performance
Iain Mackay may have only recently become artistic director of the Royal Ballet School but, undaunted, has already upped the game by a large margin
ZooNation Youth Company: Lights Out
The seventeen young dancers, including two who can’t be in their teens yet, all already hip-hop dancers of calibre… sweep the audience away
Paris Opera Junior Ballet
The programme of four well-chosen works by director, José Martinez, showed a company of versatile young professionals.
Ballet Central
The company presented four works with a reconstruction of Frederick Ashton’s early Foyer de Danse that held the most interest.
Youth Company of the Finnish National Ballet
Marco Goecke’s Blushing is a perfect vehicle for the energy and commitment that the company has in spades.
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company in London
A well-curated programme that showcased the dancers’ skills well, culminating in Jerome Robbins’ American classic, Interplay
The Royal Ballet: All-Wheeldon Ballet to Broadway
Not only a super demonstration of the range of his output, but the title encapsulates neatly his journey from classical ballet to musical theatre.
International Draft Works
Watching new choreographers trying their hand… you realise what a supremely difficult art choreography is. But what joy when the elements align
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