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King enjoys ballet performance so much ‘he could not stop tapping his feet’

Charles and Camilla chose not to sit in the Royal Box at the Opera House.

The Independent UK

Balletcore is the trend that keeps on giving

AllSaints adds another fashion string to the balletcore bow, as it announces a new partnership with The Royal Ballet

Evening Standard

Joffrey Ballet tells ‘Frankenstein’ story with menace and beauty

In Chicago premiere of the late Liam Scarlett’s adaptation, Jonathan Dole powerfully conveys the hurt, twisted emotions and deep humanity of the creature brought back to life.

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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?

The Guardian - UK

‘Why don’t we know more of her? It’s upsetting’: dance genius Bronislava Nijinska

Created 100 years ago, Nijinska’s ballet Les Noces is a feminist masterpiece. Andrea Miller, who has choreographed a new version using Stravinsky’s music and art by Phyllida Barlow, hails a trailblazer

The Guardian - UK

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

Royal Opera House archive goes global with streaming service

New technology is also enabling live instant replays of rehearsals to help with creative process

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

Wayne McGregor on collaborating with fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner to outfit youth dance work

Ahead of the London premiere of Novocene at Sadler’s Wells – Wayne McGregor’s new work for the National Youth Dance Company – the choreographer talks about collaborating with Grace Wales Bonner on the performance’s costumes

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King Charles joined by Camilla at tourist spot for first joint outing since Coronation

King Charles and Queen Camilla have carried out their first joint engagement together since they were crowned in the Coronation earlier this month

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King and Queen meet old friends and new in London’s Covent Garden

Charles and Camilla were carrying out their first joint engagement since the coronation weekend.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lionel Richie, Katy Perry headline royal coronation concert

‘Top Gun’ star Tom Cruise delivered a videotaped message, Opera singer Andrea Bocelli, the British band Take That and the Royal Ballet join gala at Windsor Castle.

The Guardian - UK

Dancer Edward Watson: ‘Get the wind machine, get my clothes off and get out there’

The performer talks us through the photographers who documented his shapeshifting career with the Royal Ballet

Daily Mirror

A day in the life of a ballerina - dizzying turns, snapping shoes and wig fittings

The Royal Ballet invited Mirror writer Amber O'Connor behind the scenes at the Royal Opera House to see where the magic happens and watch principal dancer Mayara Magri in rehearsal for The Sleeping Beauty

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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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

Lynn Seymour obituary

Ballerina who inspired new works from Kenneth MacMillan and Frederick Ashton and loved to dance with Rudolf Nureyev

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