A night of the best in ballet: Ballet Icons Gala
New and unfamiliar works rub shoulders with old favourites, with Sergio Bernal’s The Thinker the unexpected highlight of a super evening
Wayne McGregor
Wayne McGregor: Autobiography
The dancing was outstanding… McGregor’s choreography, or it is AI choreography, is creative, innovative, and exciting to watch. Until it isn’t.
Wayne McGregor and Ben Cullen Williams: A Body for Harnasie
A reimagined concert production of Karol Szymanowski’s ballet score Harnasie. It’s a strange production; certainly an unusual way of presenting dance
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.
Moving to pastures new: a conversation with Brandon Lawrence
“The worst thing is regret. And it’s an opportunity I can’t ignore. I don’t want to be wondering, ‘What if?’”
Next Generation Festival: Rambert School
Six new pieces performed by the third-years, alongside two award-winning works by noted choreographers danced by the second-years.
A new McGregor and a riveting Anastasia from The Royal Ballet
Wayne McGregor’s new and elegantly clean ‘Untitled, 2023’, Christopher Wheeldon’s ‘Corybantic Games’, and Natalia Osipova as Anna Anderson
Shadows by Dutch National Ballet
Three works themed on war, hope and power, the earliest, Kurt Jooss’ The Green Table from 1932, as perennial as war itself
Yondering into the future: The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance 2022
It was a super afternoon, but you really do have to pinch yourself to remind yourself that they are all still in their late-teens
Ballet leads the way in the 22nd National Dance Awards
Classical ballet dominates even more than usual, although this is likely a consequence of the unique circumstances of the year.
National Dance Awards 2021 nominations announced
The Royal Ballet tops the list with a total of 17 nominations, followed by English National Ballet and New Adventures (7 apiece)