Ballet

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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