Ballets by Ratmansky
A case of incurable Ratmansky Fever means we continue to chase the choreographer’s new works around the globe, so make sure to check back…
Highlights
Five Ballet Weddings From Hell
We hear you. You can’t stand the buzz about a “certain wedding” anymore. Everywhere you look, it’s all about fairy-tale endings, cheese and romance. You…
10 Reasons Why We Love Manon
A big helping of MacMillan is finally coming our way after a very Ashton-heavy season. Manon, one of his most famous full-length ballets, opens…
Mayerling
Is this ballet for you? Go if: You are tired of white ballets and of seeing male dancers perennially overshadowed by the ballerina. Mayerling,…
New in the Bag
Ballet Black in Rehearsal with Cathy Marston
When we interviewed choreographer Cathy Marston last year, she mentioned she was working with Ballet Black on an adaptation of The Suit, a short story…
5 things we love from ENB’s Le Jeune Homme & La Sylphide
English National Ballet has just finished its winter season at the London Coliseum. In this programme, audiences had the opportunity to revisit Roland Petit’s 1946 masterpiece Le…
Chagall: Fantasies for the Stage
During Nutcracker season in California, we were lucky to catch Chagall: Fantasies for the Stage at the LACMA. This exhibition highlighted the principal role that…
Nutcracker Season Unwrapped
Ballet lovers in the UK will probably agree with the view that Sir Peter Wright has made not just one, but two brilliant versions of…