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National Ballet of Canada | Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Breaks Box Office Record June 28, 2011… The National Ballet of Canada today announced that Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is the highest grossing main season production in the company’s history. A total of 27,180 people attended 13 performances for an overall capacity of 98% [...]

Romeo & Juliet At the London Coliseum, July 11th  to 17th  for 9 performances only FULL CAST CONFIRMED FOR ROMEO AND JULIET   FIRST MAJOR REVIVAL OF THE ASHTON – PROKOVIEV MASTERPIECE FOR 25 YEARS When the curtain rises on fair Verona at the London Coliseum next month, a rare treat is in store for [...]

Yesterday in central London a lunch was held in honour of English National Ballet’s Senior Principal dancer Daria Klimentová, who was presented with the Critic’s Circle Patron Award 2010 by Dame Beryl Grey. The Patron’s Award is given to an individual or organization that has significantly furthered the cause of dance in the UK. The [...]

St Prex Classics, August 16-28, 2011 St Prex, May 17th, 2011 – The St Prex Classics is serving up an additional treat, Aurélie Dupont, star dancer or etoile of the Paris Opera, who will further enrich a programme that was already going to be particularly succulent this year. She will join Philippe Jaroussky, Nigel Kennedy, [...]

The Russian Ballet Icons Gala 2011 will bring together a dazzling cast of dancers and leading figures from the world of ballet. Arts promoters Ensemble Productions are proud to present this unique evening – believed to be the only centenary celebration of Galina’s life and the work taking place outside Russia of this scale – [...]

  Amber Scott, Andrew Killian and Leanne Stojmenov. Photography James Braund Andrew Killian, Amber Scott and Leanne Stojmenov step up Ballet hat-trick as three dancers promoted to principal artist at The Australian Ballet   Audiences at the opening night of British Liaisons in Sydney experienced a triple treat tonight. It was revealed that a trio [...]

Following on from last night’s news about the new Royal Ballet season, I can now expand on the casting for the beginning of the season. Great to see Akane Takada tackling Aurora with Steven McRae in October – that’s one to book !  The Rojo/Acosta partnership is completely absent from Manon casting. Melissa Hamilton gets [...]

BirminghamRoyal Ballet’S INTERNATIONAL Tour to Japan IN MAY 2011                Fundraising performance on 17 May in Tokyo for the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief   The company will perform Peter Wright’s The Sleeping Beauty and Frederick Ashton’s Daphnis and Chloë and The Dream         At certain performances Miyako Yoshida will guest in The Dream [...]

News just in – lovely photograph of Boston Ballet’s Lorna Feijóo, American Ballet Theatre’s Jose Manuel Carreño and San Francisco Ballet’s Lorena Feijóo at last night’s rehearsal for their Dancing With The Stars performance.

The National Ballet of Canada Performs in London, England at Sadler’s Wells in April 2013 Romeo and Juliet plus The Four Seasons and Emergence April 11, 2011… Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced that the company will perform in London, England at Sadler’s Wells. The National Ballet will perform [...]