Are you ready for a Burberry ballet? Fashion brand to costume a show at London’s Royal Opera House ‘It’s always been a dream to create costumes for dance,’ creative director Daniel Lee says Evening Standard · Apr 5, 2023
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 Wallpaper · Apr 5, 2023
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 · Mar 5, 2023
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 The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023
Woolf Works at the Royal Opera House review: Wayne McGregor’s masterful ballet is a heartbreaker Alessandra Ferri resumes the central role and, at nearly 60, anchors a ballet about how it feels to sift through memory Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2023
Alessandra Ferri: ‘Dancing with Nureyev, I swear he had an energetic aura around him’ The principal ballerina on portraying Virginia Woolf, why she’s so enthusiastic about ageing, and what she learned from the greats The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2023
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 · Jan 31, 2023
‘Don’t worry, just watch’: how do you tell a story through dance? Even the best-known ballets can baffle newcomers so what can choreographers do to avoid audiences getting lost? From Matthew Bourne’s fairytales to staging Margaret Atwood and Peaky Blinders, we find out The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022
Londoner’s Diary: Pa Salieu’s Games show axed over ‘background check’ Today’s Diary: Pa Salieu cut from Commonwealth ceremony / Truss’s failed attempt to woo Tory group / Ballet in ‘crisis’ after Brexit / Jones calls for end to trans bashing Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2022
Venice Dance Biennale review – Wayne McGregor delivers sinners and shapeshifters The British choreographer’s programme includes beguiling digital dance created by Tobias Gremmler, a reckoning with desire from Rocío Molina and seven visions of vice The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2022
AfteRite + Lore review – Wayne McGregor’s radical Stravinsky double bill In its world premiere performance, McGregor makes Les Noces his own, while the extraordinary Alessandra Ferri stars in his 2018 take on The Rite of Spring The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2022
Abba world exclusive: the band take us behind the scenes of Abba Voyage The travelling space circus has landed in east London, and Abba want to take us back to the future with them. Emily Phillips goes behind the scenes of the making of Abba Voyage Evening Standard · Apr 28, 2022