McGregor’s Six Best Works for the Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet is celebrating Wayne McGregor’s ten year anniversary as Resident Choreographer, with the 2016-2017 season featuring two all-McGregor evenings. Earlier in the…
Highlights
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…
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…
Golden Years
The Royal Ballet’s Sleeping Beauties have just drawn to a close, giving way to the usual Christmas special of Nutcrackers. Notice anything in common?…
New in the Bag
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…
Svetlana Zakharova in Amore
Last month, I attended the London premiere of Svetlana Zakharova’s solo project, Amore, which debuted at the Bolshoi in May 2016. I was pleasantly surprised to…
Royal Ballet Winter Triple bill: a Photo Gallery
Catch up with Alice Pennefather’s latest photo gallery, featuring two recent Royal Ballet premieres: Twyla Tharp’s The Illustrated Farewell, an expansion of her work As Time Goes…