The Royal Ballet: Manon
MacMillan gives his characters room to behave foolishly, selfishly, passionately and sometimes with startling cruelty, all within the discipline of classical ballet.
The Royal Ballet
A Centenary Celebration – The Royal Ballet School
Presenting works by choreographers whose careers have been shaped by the School, the evening offered a remarkable showcase of its enduring contribution to British ballet.
Northern Ballet: Three Short Ballets
The dancers moved from Peck’s musical intricacy to van Manen’s cool precision and November’s high-energy theatricality without losing their own presence
The Royal Ballet: The McRae / Vassilev Project
McRae’s attack, Lamb’s nerve, Nicholson’s theatrical instinct and Vassilev’s swagger feed off one another… pleasure keeps spilling outwards.
Scotland and Japan triumph at the 2025 National Dance Awards
As they celebrate their 40th anniversary, Scottish Dance Theatre won Best Mid-Scale Company, while Scottish Ballet’s Mary, Queen of Scots picked up two awards
The Royal Ballet: So Are We by Léon-Lightfoot
The Royal Ballet dancers looked terrific in both ballets, Salle de Danse in particular a super vehicle for their wonderful physicality.
A dash of summer sun: The Royal Ballet’s La Fille mal gardée
Making her debut as Lise, Mayara Magri was technically flawless. Her dancing was a thing of beauty, her partnership with Leo Dixon wonderfully assured
A masterclass in building humour through movement. The Royal Ballet in La Fille mal gardée
A masterclass in building humour through movement… Sunny, innocent, orderly, and just absurd enough to keep it from becoming sentimental.
Don’t blink: The Royal Ballet in Wayne McGregor’s Alchemies
Three works, three very different strategies, one shared demand: look at the stage, look at the people on it, and do not blink
International Draft Works 2026
The evening comes most alive in works such as Flux by Katya Bourvis for Ballet d’Jèrri which shows how power can shift through the duet form itself
National Dance Awards nominations announced
Once again, The Royal Ballet has most nominations with 14 on the short-list. English National Ballet and London City Ballet have four…