The Royal Ballet 5 - SeeingDance

Dance up close. Ballet Nights launches in London’s Docklands

October 1, 2023October 1, 2023 by David Mead

A new season mixing classical, neoclassical and contemporary dance, well-known works and new choreography gets off to a fine start

August 31, 2023August 30, 2023 by David Mead

David Mead talks to the artistic director of Ballet Nights, a new season of dance this autumn at Lanterns Studio Theatre in London’s Canary Wharf

July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 by David Mead

An evening that oozed warmth. Of the ten ballets and excerpts presented in this birthday celebration, Acosta appears in five.

June 12, 2023 by David Mead

Wayne McGregor’s new and elegantly clean ‘Untitled, 2023’, Christopher Wheeldon’s ‘Corybantic Games’, and Natalia Osipova as Anna Anderson

June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 by David Mead

A great year for Scottish Ballet who were voted Outstanding Company, also picking up two awards for Jess & Morgs’ Coppélia

April 25, 2023 by David Mead

The Royal Ballet tops the short-list with 14 nominations. English National Ballet and Rambert have seven, and Birmingham Royal Ballet five.

February 21, 2023 by David Mead

Fifteen pieces, from familiar showpiece pas de deux to less well-known duets and solos… A celebratory showcase for all that is great about dance.

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 by Joy Wang X.Y.

Mayerling in London and Paris. “Muntagirov is a rare Rudolph, one whose decline is as agonizingly real as it is exquisitely danced.”

October 19, 2022 by David Mead

It looks insanely beautiful. Pite’s choreography ebbs and flows again and again as it sweeps across the stage to Górecki’s evocative music

June 14, 2022June 13, 2022 by David Mead

Classical ballet dominates even more than usual, although this is likely a consequence of the unique circumstances of the year.

April 21, 2022April 21, 2022 by David Mead

The Royal Ballet tops the list with a total of 17 nominations, followed by English National Ballet and New Adventures (7 apiece)