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<i>Romeo + Juliet</i> another palpable hit for Sir Matthew Bourne © Johan Persson

Romeo + Juliet another palpable hit for Sir Matthew Bourne

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater residency at Sadler's Wells

A hot affair: Staatsballett Berlin in Cranko’s <i>Romeo and Juliet</i> © Yan Revazov

A hot affair: Staatsballett Berlin in Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet

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Interview

A cellist, Inferno, fire and ice: Kevin O’Hare

Interview

A Croatian ballerina defied war

Svetlana Zakharova in Gabrielle Chanel © Jack Devant

Svetlana Zakharova on her love affair with London

Benjamin Freemantle in McIntyre's Your Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem at SFB © Erik Tomasson

SF Ballet's Benjamin Freemantle

Hofesh Shechter on his creative process

Dance on tap

Ballet ABC

Marie Taglioni in La Sylphide, 1832

Louis XIV, represenetd as Louis Appolo © Wikicommons

Classical Ballet, a French Affair?

Serge Lifar, dancer with Les Ballets Russes, and Director of the Paris Opéra Ballet © Wikicommons

A little History of the French Style

A step into the world of Swan Lake

The original cast of The Sleeping Beauty, Mariinsky Theater, 1890, Carlotta Brianza (Aurora) © Wikicommons

SB: Symphonic Storytelling

Students of the Imperial Ballet School (St Petersburg) in Petipa's Fairy Tale , 1891 © Wikicommons

Italian Influence on Russian Ballet

Carlotta Grisi and Marius Petipa, La Valse, Giselle © Wikicommons | Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France

A Story book World of Ballet

Portrait of Sergei Diaghilev by Valentin Serov © Wikimedia Commons

Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: Cultural Avant Garde

English National Ballet © Photography by ASH

Nutcracker: still casting a Christmas spell

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TokyoKenneth Macmillan's Romeo and Juliet

New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Oct 19 14:00, Oct 20 13:00, 18:30, Oct 24 13:00, Oct 26 13:00, 18:30, Oct 27 14:00

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

Sir Kenneth MacMillan; The National Ballet of Japan; Martin Yates; Paul Andrews; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

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Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Oct 19 14:00, 20:00

Gottschalk, Stravinsky, Pärt, Tatum, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Jackson

George Balanchine; Christopher Wheeldon; Daniel Ulbricht; Alexei Ratmansky; Denys Drozdyuk; Lex Ishimoto; Unknown; Sterling Hyltin; Adrian Danchig-Waring; Ask la Cour; Teresa Reichilen

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Palace Theatre, Sat 19 Oct

Prokofiev: Cinderella

Christopher Wheeldon; English National Ballet; Gavin Sutherland; Julian Crouch; English National Ballet Philharmonic

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Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, Oct 19 20:00, Oct 22 19:30

Tchaikovsky, Glazunov

George Balanchine; Twyla Tharp; Alexei Ratmansky; American Ballet Theatre

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Dance Umbrella Mythili Prakash – Here and Now

Fairfield Halls: Phoenix Concert Hall, Sat 19 Oct

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Dancers of the Zurich Junior Ballet © Gregory Batardon

Opernhaus, Oct 20 20:00, Oct 25 20:00, Oct 27 14:00, Oct 31 19:30, Nov 01 19:30, Nov 10 14:00, Nov 14 19:00

Lachenmann: Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (The Little Match Girl)

Christian Spuck; Ballett Zürich; Matthias Hermann; Rufus Didwiszus; Emma Ryott; Martin Gebhardt

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Down with bourgeoise indifference: a new ballet in Zurich

Sarah Batschelet, 12 Oct

In the Zurich premiere of The Little Match Girl, choreographer Christian Spück tackles a project of major proportions.

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Francesca Hayward, Matthew Ball and Mayara Magri in Cross Currents © ROH | Bill Cooper

Graham Watts, 11 Oct

A brief but innovative tribute to the lasting influence of Merce Cunningham in the Linbury Theatre

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Kansas City Ballet Dancers in Tulips and Lobster © Mike Strong

Hilary Stroh, 11 Oct

Adam Hougland's premiere of Carmina Burana in Kansas City.

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New York City Ballet in Merce Cunningham’s Summerspace © Erin Baiano

Ivy Lin, 05 Oct

Judging by the enthusiastic audience reactions to this program one might have to rethink the modern/ballet divide. Maybe there’s only two types of dance – good dance and bad dance.

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