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Interview

“Choreographically, it is heaven!” Marianela Núñez

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

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

Upcoming eventsSee more...

ViennaMacMillan | McGregor | Ashton

Staatsoper, Mon 24 Feb

Shostakovich, Various, Liszt

Sir Kenneth MacMillan; Wayne McGregor; Sir Frederick Ashton; Vienna State Ballet; Deborah MacMillan; Ursula Bombshell; Charles Balfour

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Royal Swedish Opera, Feb 25, 26, 27, Mar 03, 05, 10, 12 at 19:00

Various, Fläskkvartetten

Jiří Kylián; Mats Ek; Ohad Naharin; Royal Swedish Ballet

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Salome Leverashvili and ensemble © Hans Gerritsen

Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Tue 25 Feb

Salem: Frida

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa; Dutch National Ballet; Matthew Rowe; Dieuweke van Reij; Dutch Ballet Orchestra

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Barbican Theatre, Feb 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 at 19:45

Gluck, Brahms

Isadora Duncan; Sir Frederick Ashton; Joy Alpuerto Ritter; Viviana Durante Company

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New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Feb 26 19:00, Feb 29 14:00, Mar 01 14:00

Massenet: Manon

Sir Kenneth MacMillan; The National Ballet of Japan; Martin Yates; Peter Farmer; Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

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Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Feb 26 20:15, Feb 27 20:15, Feb 29 20:15, Mar 01 14:00, Mar 03 20:15, Mar 05 20:15, Mar 08 14:00

Adam: Giselle

Marius Petipa; Rachel Beaujean; Ricardo Bustamante; Dutch National Ballet; Boris Gruzin; Dutch Ballet Orchestra

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Glistening dew: Alina Cojocaru at Sadler’s Wells

Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg in Reminiscence © Andrej Uspenski

Graham Watts, 20 Feb

An enchanting programme of music, film and dance in material moved by the spirit of a great performer.

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Lauren Cuthbertson and Marcelino Sambé in The Cellist © ROH | Bill Cooper

Sarah Kirkup, 17 Feb

In her first work for the Covent Garden main stage, based on the life of Jacqueline du Pré, choreographer Cathy Marston explores the profound bond between musician and instrument.

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Swan Lake © Brett Pruitt | East Market Studios

Hilary Stroh, 14 Feb

Kaleena Burks impresses in her role as Odette/Odile in Kansas City Ballet's Swan Lake.

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Dores André and Benjamin Freemantle in McIntyre's The Big Hunger © Erik Tomasson

Terez Rose, 13 Feb

The ballet culminates with fouettés, bravura leaps from the oversized ensemble and a rousing finish with all 44 dancers onstage. It was an exuberant end to an intelligent, satisfying production, both of thought and movement.

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