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On my radar: Marcelino Sambé’s cultural highlights

The Royal Ballet principal dancer on his favourite performance art, a surprising black comedy, and a musical that made him question everything

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2024

Dance: Sarah Crompton’s five best shows of 2023

Tiler Peck breezed in, Carmen Herrera bowed out, Benji Reid made a dazzling return and Pam Tanowitz entranced

The Guardian - UK · Dec 25, 2023

The Nutcracker review – English National Ballet and the Royal Ballet’s annual festive face-off

The two companies variously capture the Christmas classic’s glittering pleasures – and its narrative strangeness

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2023

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Leaps and bounds: ex principal dancer uses ballet to transform young lives in Leeds

A former Royal Ballet star is offering free lessons to make ballet more inclusive and turn its elitist reputation on its head

The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2023

First woman to helm Qld ballet, replacing Li Cunxin

The Queensland Ballet has named its first female artistic director, Leanne Benjamin, to replace Li Cunxin.

AAP · Dec 20, 2023

Ballet star Alina Cojocaru: ‘When people tell me I’m a natural, I just want to scream’

The Romanian ballerina’s rise has been the result of years of gruelling physical work, not just talent. A decade after leaving the Royal Ballet due to creative differences, she’s back with her own production, older, wiser – and still curious

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2023

The chicest London Christmas events to book now

Have yourself a merry little evening with one of London's best festive events. But hurry, says Annabelle Spranklen, they're selling out fast

Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2023

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King enjoys ballet performance so much ‘he could not stop tapping his feet’

Charles and Camilla chose not to sit in the Royal Box at the Opera House.

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2023

Northern Ballet: Generations; Maud Le Pladec: Twenty-Seven Perspectives – review

Northern Ballet’s triple bill demonstrates the vital link between live music and action

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2023

Balletcore is the trend that keeps on giving

AllSaints adds another fashion string to the balletcore bow, as it announces a new partnership with The Royal Ballet

Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2023

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons: the cult play about words becomes a ballet

When a principal at the Royal Ballet asked to adapt his drama about imposed verbal limits, playwright Sam Steiner was all in. ‘There are things dance does better,’ he says

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2023

Joffrey Ballet tells ‘Frankenstein’ story with menace and beauty

In Chicago premiere of the late Liam Scarlett’s adaptation, Jonathan Dole powerfully conveys the hurt, twisted emotions and deep humanity of the creature brought back to life.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 13, 2023

Don Quixote review – Nuñez and Muntagirov deliver a sensational shock of sunshine

The Royal Ballet principals light up the stage in Carlos Acosta’s charmingly comic staging of an often nonsensical, but enduring, classic

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2023

Don Quixote review – sunshine, warmth and dazzling technique from the Royal Ballet

With its stellar leads and lively background action, this sprightly revival of Carlos Acosta’s revised staging is a celebration of the pleasure of classical dance

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023

Choreographer Pam Tanowitz: ‘I’m a neurotic Jew, waiting for something bad to happen’

Despite her work being described as the greatest dance theatre of the century, Tanowitz can still be found ‘backstage, throwing up’ before shows. Will her new production, based on a Hebrew love poem, help her finally embrace success?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2023

‘Why don’t we know more of her? It’s upsetting’: dance genius Bronislava Nijinska

Created 100 years ago, Nijinska’s ballet Les Noces is a feminist masterpiece. Andrea Miller, who has choreographed a new version using Stravinsky’s music and art by Phyllida Barlow, hails a trailblazer

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2023

Johaar Mosaval obituary

The first dancer of colour to join the Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet whose ballet school in Cape Town was closed in the 1970s as he refused to operate under apartheid rules

Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2023

What to see at the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival: our picks of this year’s mega line-up

Ready your diaries: the London festival returns with a jam-packed roster of inspiring and thought-provoking shows

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The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023

Carlos Acosta wants dance centre to become inclusive global landmark

The former Royal Ballet star wants to bridge dance and community engagement gaps.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2023

Carlos Acosta: ‘At 50, I have to dance in a way that I can still walk off, and not call an ambulance’

The Cuban star on returning to the Royal Opera House stage, commissioning a heavy metal ballet and diversity in the arts

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2023

Royal Opera House archive goes global with streaming service

New technology is also enabling live instant replays of rehearsals to help with creative process

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2023

Wayne Sleep at 75: ‘Did Rudolf Nureyev pinch my bum? More than that’

He danced with ballet’s legends, partied with Freddie Mercury, and became a household name. As he celebrates his birthday with a gala performance, the 5ft 2in dynamo looks back at an action-packed life

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2023

Royal Ballet triple bill review – McGregor and Wheeldon at the top of their game

Wayne McGregor’s incisive new ballet conjures the very brushstrokes of the late Carmen Herrera; Bernstein meets Les Sylphides in a muscular Christopher Wheeldon revival; ; and Laura Morera bows out in style

Wallpaper · Jun 2, 2023

Wayne McGregor on collaborating with fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner to outfit youth dance work

Ahead of the London premiere of Novocene at Sadler’s Wells – Wayne McGregor’s new work for the National Youth Dance Company – the choreographer talks about collaborating with Grace Wales Bonner on the performance’s costumes

Evening Standard · May 30, 2023

Wayne McGregor: ‘Levelling up excellence everywhere, including London, should be something we can manage’

The superstar choreographer has three new works in London, but he’s frustrated by the demands on a cultural landscape stripped by funding cuts

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