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Burberry to collaborate with Wayne McGregor on new work for The Royal Ballet

Burberry creative director Daniel Lee will work on costumes for British choreographer Wayne McGregor’s new work for The Royal Ballet, premiering 9 June 2023 at London’s Royal Opera House

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Cinderella review – Ashton’s classic fairytale with extra frills

Marianela Nuñez, Vadim Muntagirov and company shine – as do their costumes – in the Royal Ballet’s over-the-top new design of this intricate work

The Guardian - UK

My London: Francesca Hayward

Royal Ballet principal dancer Francesca Hayward dines like it’s the last night on Earth at Scott’s, loves a Covent Garden pub crawl and always saves her energy in the back of a taxi

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Woolf Works review – Alessandra Ferri goes deeper in Wayne McGregor’s modern masterpiece

The Italian star graces a flawless revival of McGregor’s dreamlike 2015 ballet inspired by the writings of Virginia Woolf

The Guardian - UK

Woolf Works review – the wondrous Alessandra Ferri flies again

Returning to the role created for her by Wayne McGregor, the dancer portrays the great modernist with emotional power

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Princess Diana’s dance partner reveals she washed his dishes to take ‘a break’ from royal life

Princess Diana and Wayne Sleep performed a dance routine to Billy Joel’s ‘Uptown Girl’ at the Royal Opera House in 1985

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Secret Things/ Everyone Keeps Me; Dance Me review – the glory of Pam Tanowitz

The American choreographer delights with a programme of rare wit, beauty and unshowy complexity. Elsewhere, a Vegas-style tribute to Leonard Cohen

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Riffs and tutus: Black Sabbath ballet to be staged in Birmingham

Rock band to lend eight songs to the ‘world’s first heavy metal dance experience’ performed by Carlos Acosta’s Birmingham Royal Ballet in September

The Guardian - UK

Secret Things/Everyone Keeps Me review – Pam Tanowitz’s steps cast a spell

The American choreographer showcases three works with the Royal Ballet, the newest of which examines the idealism and corporeality of womanhood

The Guardian - UK

Out of the spotlight: seven of dance’s hottest hidden talents

From costume and lighting designers to composers and producers, here are some of the dynamos bringing breathtaking dance shows to the stage

The Guardian - UK

The Sleeping Beauty review – a vintage production rises and shines

It’s unapologetically retro, and there’s no story, but the Royal Ballet’s latest revival of Petipa’s intricate masterpiece casts its spell

The Guardian - UK

The Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Ballet review - treated as a museum piece, this classic is decorous but dull

Though woven into the company’s fabric, this is a tough ballet to love

Evening Standard

Readers’ favourite stage shows of 2022

This year readers saw some amazing theatre, provoking tears, recognition, anger, inspiration and awe

The Guardian - UK

Dame Beryl Grey obituary

One of the most celebrated British ballerinas of her generation who later dedicated herself to the training of dancers

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Beryl Grey: a bright star of British ballet with spark, poise and passion

The ballerina, who has died aged 95, brought panache to roles at the Royal Ballet and across the world before guiding what became English National Ballet

The Guardian - UK

Dame Beryl Grey, British ballerina with ‘all the gifts’, dies aged 95

Shooting to fame as a teenager with the Royal Ballet, Grey won international acclaim as a dancer and was artistic director of the company that became English National Ballet

The Guardian - UK

The Nutcracker review – the Royal Ballet’s winter warmer

This sumptuously designed production is a treat if you don’t dwell on the dramatic flaws and just enjoy the magical music and performances

Evening Standard

Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House review: a crisp, sweet treat that’s never cloying

Show us a more festive production, we’ll wait

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The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration review – looking forward with friends

World premieres, old favourites and a ballet legend in the house make for a memorable gala evening

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Patricia Ruanne obituary

Ballerina who played a Juliet of ‘genuine power’ opposite Nureyev’s Romeo in his 1977 production for London Festival Ballet

The Guardian - UK

The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration review – pick ’n’ mix gala with some sparkles

A grab-bag of nine pieces, from Wheeldon to Tanowitz, make up a celebratory programme delivered with customary aplomb by the Royal’s dancers

Evening Standard

Diamond Celebration at the Royal Ballet review: a tasting menu of show-off delicacies

This collection of pieces moves from flirty to terrifically astringent

The Guardian - UK

Birmingham Royal Ballet: Into the Music; Made in Leeds: Three Short Ballets – review

Inspired by Munch paintings and infused with hip-hop, two invigorating triple bills by Royal Ballet alumni are a riot of styles and contemporary staging

The Guardian - UK

Birmingham Royal Ballet: Into the Music review – an allegro trio

From dancers partnering with projections and CCTV-style surveillance to an engrossing piece inspired by Edvard Munch, Carlos Acosta’s company is continuing to carve out a niche

Evening Standard

Carlos Acosta on pushing ballet’s boundaries, Brexit and how he has nothing to prove on stage

Now director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, the world-renowned dancer is bringing new show Into the Music to Sadler’s Wells

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