Ballet

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The best theatre to stream this month: The Old Man and the Pool, Bedbound and more
Watch Mike Birbiglia’s hit comedy about mortality, Colm and Brenda Meaney in Enda Walsh’s two-hander or choose from a flock of Swan Lakes

Chris Wiegand

01, Dec, 2023 @12:01 AM

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The week in dance: The Dante Project; Lay Down Your Burdens – review
Everything comes together in an exhilarating Royal Ballet revival of The Dante Project, while Rhiannon Faith’s new work is all about sharing…

Sarah Crompton

26, Nov, 2023 @9:00 AM

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Choose your favourite UK theatre show of 2023
Tell us about your standout stage production of the year – we’ll feature a selection of your favourites

Guardian community team

21, Nov, 2023 @10:52 AM

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Dancefloor disaster: Ayelen Parolin masters the choreography of comedy
The show must go on for the trio of hapless performers in Parolin’s new production Zonder, which finds the funny side in failure

Chris Wiegand

20, Nov, 2023 @2:37 PM

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Nutcracker review – a radically reimagined warm embrace of a show
Starring Action Man and a boy called Clive, Drew McOnie’s immersive cabaret version of the festive ballet is up there with reinventions by Mark Morris and Matthew Bourne

Sarah Crompton

19, Nov, 2023 @9:00 AM

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Ian Spink obituary
Choreographer, creative director and co-founder of Second Stride, a company that transformed contemporary dance in the 1980s

Sanjoy Roy

13, Nov, 2023 @1:10 PM

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BalletBoyz: England on Fire; Rambert: Death Trap review – to Albion and the underworld
Folklore meets punk spirit in BalletBoyz’s ambitious state-of-the-nation work, while Rambert relish the remarkable imagination of Ben Duke

Sarah Crompton

12, Nov, 2023 @9:00 AM

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Nutcracker review – a Christmas dream of love that goes with a swing
A hunky Action Man opens up a sequin-clad life for the protagonist of Drew McOnie’s jazzy, out-and-proud take on Tchaikovsky’s ballet

Lyndsey Winship

06, Nov, 2023 @12:01 AM

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Northern Ballet: Generations; Maud Le Pladec: Twenty-Seven Perspectives – review
Northern Ballet’s triple bill demonstrates the vital link between live music and action

Sarah Crompton

05, Nov, 2023 @9:00 AM

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The Cellist; The Limit review – a tale of two Royal Ballet dramas
Lauren Cuthbertson and Marcelino Sambé reprise their roles to glorious effect in Cathy Marston’s inspired paean to Jacqueline du Pré, while an adaptation of Sam Steiner’s hit play Lemons… feels squeezed

Sarah Crompton

29, Oct, 2023 @9:00 AM

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Li Cunxin: ‘I wake up, and I’m looking at the sky thinking, why am I here?’
Heart troubles have forced Mao’s Last Dancer and the Queensland Ballet artistic director to finally reckon with retirement. He is scared, optimistic, but most of all grateful

Lucy Clark

27, Oct, 2023 @2:00 PM

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My ballet journey began when I was 53 and it’s become a beacon of grace in my life | Debbie Lustig
As I enter the studio I sigh with relief. I’m through a magic portal and the outside world is on pause

Debbie Lustig

18, Oct, 2023 @4:22 AM

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