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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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Queen of the Bolshoi Svetlana Zakharova on her love affair with London

Dancing heals: a Croatian ballerina defied war

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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BonnBattle of Images

Opernhaus Bonn, Sun 22 Sep at 19:30

Muntendorf: Bilderschlachten / Batailles d'Images

Stephanie Thiersch; Mouvoir Dance Company; Benjamin Shwartz; Asasello-Quartett; Les Siècles

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New York City Ballet in Christopher Wheeldon’s DGV: Danse à Grand Vitesse © Paul Kolnik

Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, Sep 22 15:00, Sep 24 19:30

Glazunov, Henry, Nyman

George Balanchine; Christopher Wheeldon; New York City Ballet; Daniel Capps; New York City Ballet Orchestra; Lauren Lovette; Anthony Huxley

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Erkel Színház (Erkel Theatre), Sep 22 11:00, 19:00

John: Billy Elliot

Géza Köteles; Szirtes Tamás; Hungarian State Opera; István Silló; István Szlávik; Yvette Alida Kovács

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Anna Tsygankova and James Stout in Symphony in Three Movements © Hans Gerritsen

Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Sep 22 14:00, Sep 27 20:15, Sep 29 14:00

Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Gershwin

George Balanchine; Dutch National Ballet; Fayçal Karoui; Paul Gallis; Francois-Noël Cherpin; Barbara Karinska

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Tamara Rojo (Giselle) © Laurent Liotardo

Sadler's Wells Theatre, Sep 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 14:30, 19:30 (at 19:30 unless shown)

Lamagna: Giselle

Akram Khan; English National Ballet; Gavin Sutherland; Tim Yip; Mark Henderson

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Latvian National Opera, Mon 23 Sep

Grieg: Peer Gynt

Edward Clug; Latvian National Ballet; Mārtiņš Ozoliņš; Marko Japelj; Leo Kulaš

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Something for everyone: Balanchine + Wheeldon at New York City Ballet

Carla Escoda, 18 Sep

Whatever your taste in ballet, this program probably had it: Wheeldon's DGV meets Balanchine's Door and a Sigh and Raymonda Variations.

***11

Mark Pullinger, 18 Sep

Akram Khan's bold reimagining of Giselle continues to go from strength to strength. After touring to venues from Moscow to Chicago, it returns to Sadler's Wells.

*****

Maria Kowroski and Tyler Angle in Diamonds © Paul Kolnik

Carla Escoda, 17 Sep

A sharp, well-drilled ensemble and heavenly Fauré, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky couldn't adequately compensate for the mixed bag of principal performances and the outdated look of Balanchine's Jewels at New York City Ballet.

**111

Lambrecht Wessels, 13 Sep

Dutch National Ballet continues its series honouring the great choreographer.

****1