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Northern Ballet’s The Great Gatsby | Illustrated Regulars among you will know that Ballet News has been collaborating with Berenice Berelli for some time now. Today I want to offer you the latest Limited Edition and exclusive collection based on Northern Ballet’s The Great Gatsby, which opens at Sadlers Wells in London this week. Inspired by Principals Martha [...]

The National Ballet of Canada’s Romeo & Juliet in Pictures Yesterday I published my review of The National Ballet of Canada’s Romeo & Juliet, and you can see a selection of photographs from the dress rehearsal on that page. Today I’m publishing a gallery of images that couldn’t be included in yesterday’s review. Enjoy! Photography [...]

Les SAISONS RUSSES du XX1e SIECLE RETURNS to the LONDON COLISEUM – JULY 16TH-20TH 2013 following a triumphant Coliseum Diaghilev Festival debut in 2011 and four successful seasons in Paris at the Theatre des Champs Elysees Andris Liepa, former Bolshoi Ballet star turned ballet entrepreneur, is to return to the London Coliseum with his company Les [...]

Parking at the ballet Planning a night out at the ballet usually involves travel considerations. Is it a Bank Holiday/will there be engineering works/how late do the trains run on a Sunday/will there be any point in taking the car ? The answer to the last question, in most major cities, would be no. Trying [...]

Ballet Gala with The Royal Ballet’s Alina Cojocaru Alina Cojocaru launched the fundraising for the Bucharest Hospice Appeal through her first gala for Hospices of Hope in May 2008, which was a sell-out performance. We are delighted that Alina has now offered to provide us with another unique evening as we approach the completion of this [...]

Ballet News Reviews | Titian | Metamorphosis: A collaboration between The Royal Ballet and The National Gallery It’s not often that a book comes along that is so compelling that you find yourself totally absorbed within its pages for hours at a time. Titian | Metamorphosis is one such rarity. If you missed the Imagine : Dancing with Titian programme, [...]

National Ballet of Canada | Romeos & Juliets Nominated for Four Canadian Screen Awards Guillaume Côté and Elena Lobsonova Nominated for Best Performance  January 16, 2013…Romeos & Juliets, a one-hour documentary about the creation of The National Ballet of Canada’s Romeo and Juliet, received four nominations for the first-ever Canadian Screen Awards: Best Performing Arts Program, [...]

The National Ballet of Canada Tours World Capitals Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in Washington, DC, January 18 – 27, 2013 Romeo and Juliet in Ottawa, January 31 – February 2, 2013 and London, England, April 17 – 21, 2013 The National Ballet of Canada tours to the world’s capitals commencing with the hit production Alice’s Adventures [...]

Madeleine Onne, Artistic Director of The Hong Kong Ballet, attends Rural Retreat in the UK <Hong Kong – 9 January 2012> At the beginning of January 2013, The Hong Kong Ballet’s Madeleine Onne was one of 28 Artistic Directors from the world’s foremost dance companies who attended the 10th Rural Retreat for dance leaders. The event, hosted [...]

KAY MAZZO and PETER MARTINS TAPE VIDEO SERIES for THE GEORGE BALANCHINE FOUNDATION   Former principal dancers with New York City Ballet coach roles Balanchine created on them                                                                                                                                                                      New York City –Kay Mazzo and Peter Martins, former principal dancers with New York City Ballet, have coached their roles in Duo Concertant and Stravinsky Violin Concerto for [...]

English National Ballet’s The Nutcracker casting Casting for English National Ballet’s The Nutcracker for the London season at the Coliseum has been announced today. Casting in the following order : Clara – Prince – Nutcracker – Drosselmeyer December 12- Klimentova, Muntagirov, Forbat, Reimair 13 (matinee) – Oliveira, Gruzdyev, Forbat, Atymtayev 13 (evening) – Takahashi, Konvalina, Liotardo, Reimair 14(matinee)- [...]

Crisis at Christmas Education and engagement can transform the lives of homeless people and Crisis at Christmas provides an exciting opportunity to involve their guests in a range of stimulating activities, including dance. During the week Crisis will offer a meaningful, inspirational and fun programme of activities and entertainments. At a time of year that is all [...]

Sadler’s Wells Spring 2013 Season The Spring 2013 season at Sadler’s Wells is on sale, and there are some treats in store. The National Ballet of Canada will dance Alexei Ratmansky’s Romeo & Juliet from Wednesday 17th-Sunday 21st April, with tickets from £12 to £45. The London Children’s Ballet present The Secret Garden, choreographed by [...]

Alaia Rogers | Second year student at The Royal Ballet School uses photography to refine her technique Earlier this year I was photographing a rehearsal for Ballet News where the choreographer was present in the studio. It might sound normal but this isn’t always the case – sometimes the Ballet Mistress or Notator will take the [...]

Skate at Somerset House 2012-13 16 November 2012 – 6 January 2013 Prices start at £7.50 available online Sunday Best presents Bestival with Rob da Bank & Friends and Vintage Festival confirmed to host Club Nights The Christmas Arcade at Somerset House transforms the beautifully renovated West Wing into a luxury pop-up shopping mall for [...]

SADLER’S WELLS CELEBRATES 15TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2013   In 2013 it will be 15 years since Sadler’s Wells opened its current building, an event that marked the start of its journey to becoming the UK’s leading dance house. This special year will see a programme that includes contributions from all 14 Sadler’s Wells Associate Artists [...]

A YEAR OF SUCCESS FOR SADLER’S WELLS At its Annual Press Conference today, Sadler’s Wells, the UK’s leading dance house, announced a year of achievement for 2011/12. Sadler’s Wells productions were successful both at home and abroad, with an increased number of performances at its three London venues and an international touring programme taking 11 [...]

Ballet News Reviews | Birmingham Royal Ballet in Opposites Attract Birmingham Royal Ballet’s dancers are on top form over three different styles in one night that make up Opposites Attract – Take Five, Lyric Pieces and Grosse Fuge. David Bintley’s Take Five is jazzy (The Dave Brubeck Quartet) and split into 6 sections – Take [...]

English National Ballet School presents its first US Summer Course in partnership with Ballet Theatre of Toledo   English National Ballet School will present its first international summer course at The Ballet Theatre of Toledo studio in Holland, Ohio. The world-renowned ballet school, based in London, England, will be sending teachers from the school to [...]

Cupcakes & Conversation with Sasha De Sola, Soloist, San Francisco Ballet What motivates you at 8am on a Monday morning ? My husband Josh! He is always there to love and encourage me and I am so grateful for that. I am also motivated by the prospect of working on any of the ballets that [...]