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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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StockholmThe Nutcracker

Royal Swedish Opera, Dec 10 19:00, Dec 11 19:00, Dec 14 15:00, 18:30, Dec 16 19:00, Dec 19 19:00, Dec 20 18:00, Dec 30 19:00, 2020 Jan 03 18:00, Jan 04 15:00, 18:30, Jan 06 15:00, Jan 11 15:00, 18:30, Jan 17 18:00, Jan 18 15:00, 18:30, Jan 22 19:00, Jan 24 18:00

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Royal Swedish Ballet; Anna Skryleva; Bo-Ruben Hedwall; Ann-Mari Anttila; Royal Swedish Orchestra

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*El cascanueces* por la Compañía Nacional de Danza

Teatro de la Zarzuela, Dec 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 18:00, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 18:00 (at 20:00 unless shown)

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; José Carlos Martínez; Compañía Nacional de Danza; Manuel Coves; Mónica Boromello; Inaki Cobos

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Volksoper Vienna, Dec 10 19:00, Dec 15 18:00, Dec 27 19:00, 2020 Jan 07 19:00, May 12 19:00, Jun 09 18:30, Jun 16 19:00

Delibes: Coppélia

Pierre Lacotte; Vienna State Ballet; Jean-Luc Simonini; Michel Ronvaux; Jacques Giovanangeli; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

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Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, Dec 10 19:00, Dec 11 14:00, 19:00, Dec 12 19:00, Dec 13 10:00, Dec 14 14:00, 20:00, Dec 15 13:00, 17:00, Dec 17 19:00, Dec 18 14:00, 19:00, Dec 19 19:00, Dec 20 20:00, Dec 21 14:00, 20:00, Dec 22 13:00, 17:00, Dec 23 14:00, 19:00, Dec 24 14:00, Dec 26 14:00, 19:00, Dec 27 20:00, Dec 28 14:00, 20:00, Dec 29 13:00, 17:00, Dec 30 14:00, 19:00, Dec 31 14:00, 2020 Jan 02 19:00, Jan 03 20:00, Jan 04 14:00, 20:00, Jan 05 13:00

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

George Balanchine; Lev Ivanov; New York City Ballet

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Opernhaus, Dec 10 11:00, Dec 21 19:00, Dec 23 19:30, Dec 25 18:00, Dec 28 19:00, 2020 Jan 01 18:00

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Jean-Philippe Dury; Leipziger Ballett; Tobias Engeli; Christoph Gedschold; Giedrė Šlekytė; Yoko Seyama

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Opernhaus, Dec 11 19:30, Dec 14 19:00, Dec 22 18:00, Dec 29 20:30

Verdi: Messa da Requiem

Christian Spuck; Ballett Zürich; Zurich Opera; Karina Canellakis; Fabio Luisi; Christian Schmidt; Emma Ryott

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Ekman’s LIB and Eyal’s Strong at the Staatsballett Berlin

Polina Semionova, Ksenia Ovsyanick, Elisa Carrillo Cabrera, Johnny McMillan in Lib © Jubal Battisti

Katja Vaghi, 08 Dec

Let's not split hairs: Alexander Ekman's Lib and Sharon Eyal's Strong flooded the opera with the Berlin young-and-hip art scene.

****1

Ed Watson and Olga Smirnova in McGregor + Mugler © Sasha Gusov

Sarah Kirkup, 08 Dec

Fêted collaboration lacks substance despite committed performances, and it's Cherkaoui's Faun that captures the human connection.

**111

James Lovell, Max Westwell and company in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake © Craig Schwartz Photography

Gillian Ebersole, 06 Dec

Matthew Bourne's brilliant rendition of Swan Lake makes this classic story ballet refreshing, contemporary and emotional.

*****

Svetlana Zakharova (Gabrielle Chanel) © Jack Devant

Mark Pullinger, 04 Dec

Modanse, a double bill designed for the star Bolshoi ballerina, disappoints at the London Coliseum.

**111

The Joffrey Ballet Nutcracker © Cheryl Mann

Joseph Houseal, 01 Dec

The Joffrey Nutcracker succeeds in redefining the socio-economic situation of the protagonists, but throws out the baby with the bathwater.

**111

Sarah Navin, 29 Nov

This showcase is creative, quirky, bold and, best of all, experimental as four emerging Australian choreographers explore not just intricate shapes and sequences, but whole new ways of movement.

****1

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