Royal Ballet

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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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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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Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons: the cult play about words becomes a ballet
When a principal at the Royal Ballet asked to adapt his drama about imposed verbal limits, playwright Sam Steiner was all in. ‘There are things dance does better,’ he says

David Jays

17, Oct, 2023 @7:00 PM

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Don Quixote review – Nuñez and Muntagirov deliver a sensational shock of sunshine
The Royal Ballet principals light up the stage in Carlos Acosta’s charmingly comic staging of an often nonsensical, but enduring, classic

Sarah Crompton

08, Oct, 2023 @8:00 AM

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Don Quixote review – sunshine, warmth and dazzling technique from the Royal Ballet
With its stellar leads and lively background action, this sprightly revival of Carlos Acosta’s revised staging is a celebration of the pleasure of classical dance

Lyndsey Winship

01, Oct, 2023 @11:15 AM

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Choreographer Pam Tanowitz: ‘I’m a neurotic Jew, waiting for something bad to happen’
Despite her work being described as the greatest dance theatre of the century, Tanowitz can still be found ‘backstage, throwing up’ before shows. Will her new production, based on a Hebrew love poem, help her finally embrace success?

Lyndsey Winship

29, Sep, 2023 @10:00 AM

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Johaar Mosaval obituary
The first dancer of colour to join the Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet whose ballet school in Cape Town was closed in the 1970s as he refused to operate under apartheid rules

Lyndsey Winship

12, Sep, 2023 @4:48 PM

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Carlos Acosta: ‘At 50, I have to dance in a way that I can still walk off, and not call an ambulance’
The Cuban star on returning to the Royal Opera House stage, commissioning a heavy metal ballet and diversity in the arts

Sarah Crompton

16, Jul, 2023 @8:30 AM

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Wayne Sleep at 75: ‘Did Rudolf Nureyev pinch my bum? More than that’
He danced with ballet’s legends, partied with Freddie Mercury, and became a household name. As he celebrates his birthday with a gala performance, the 5ft 2in dynamo looks back at an action-packed life

Lyndsey Winship

05, Jul, 2023 @3:15 PM

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The best theatre to stream this month: Like Water for Chocolate, Heart and more
Our roundup of the drama to enjoy at home in July includes a glorious adaptation of the Laura Esquivel novel and Saoirse Ronan in The Tragedy of Macbeth

Chris Wiegand

01, Jul, 2023 @5:00 AM

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Royal Ballet triple bill review – McGregor and Wheeldon at the top of their game
Wayne McGregor’s incisive new ballet conjures the very brushstrokes of the late Carmen Herrera; Bernstein meets Les Sylphides in a muscular Christopher Wheeldon revival; ; and Laura Morera bows out in style

Sarah Crompton

18, Jun, 2023 @8:00 AM

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UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey; Northern Ballet: The Great Gatsby – review
Wayne McGregor conjures a shimmering eco-myth from Jim Henson’s 80s puppet fantasy film

Sarah Crompton

21, May, 2023 @8:00 AM

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