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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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LondonThe Nutcracker

Erina Takahashi (Clara/Sugar Plum Fairy) and Francesco Gabriele Frola (Nephew) © Laurent Liotardo

The London Coliseum, Dec 12 19:30, Dec 13 19:30, Dec 14 14:30, 19:30, Dec 15 14:30, Dec 17 14:30, 19:30, Dec 18 14:30, 19:30, Dec 19 14:30, 19:30, Dec 20 14:30, 19:30, Dec 21 14:30, 19:30, Dec 22 14:30, Dec 24 14:00, Dec 26 16:00, Dec 27 14:30, 19:30, Dec 28 14:30, 19:30, Dec 29 14:30, Dec 30 14:30, 19:30, Dec 31 14:00, 2020 Jan 02 19:30, Jan 03 19:30, Jan 04 14:30, 19:30, Jan 05 14:00

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; English National Ballet; Gerry Cornelius; Peter Farmer; Erina Takahashi

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War Memorial Opera House, Dec 12 11:00, 19:00, Dec 13 14:00, 19:00, Dec 14 14:00, 19:00, Dec 15 14:00, 19:00, Dec 17 19:00, Dec 18 19:00, Dec 19 14:00, 19:00, Dec 20 14:00, 19:00, Dec 21 14:00, 19:00, Dec 22 14:00, 19:00, Dec 23 14:00, 19:00, Dec 24 11:00, 16:00, Dec 26 14:00, 19:00, Dec 27 14:00, 19:00, Dec 28 14:00, 19:00, Dec 29 14:00

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Helgi Tomasson; San Francisco Ballet; Michael Yeargan; Martin Pakledinaz; San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

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Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Dec 12 19:30, Dec 13 20:00, Dec 14 14:00, 20:00

Various: Xmas Philes

Daniel Ezralow; Philadanco!; Jackson Lowell; Rosita Adamo; Janine Beckles; William Burden

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*El cascanueces* por la Compañía Nacional de Danza

Teatro de la Zarzuela, Dec 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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Erkel Színház (Erkel Theatre), Dec 12 19:00, Dec 14 11:00, Dec 15 11:00, 18:00, Dec 17 19:00, Dec 19 19:00, Dec 22 11:00, Dec 23 11:00, Dec 24 11:00, Dec 25 11:00, Dec 26 11:00, 18:00, Dec 27 11:00, 18:00, Dec 29 11:00, 18:00, 2020 Jan 04 11:00, Jan 05 11:00

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Tamás Solymosi; Wayne Eagling; Hungarian National Ballet; Gusztáv Oláh; Nóra Rományi

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New York City Ballet’s production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker © Erin Baiano

Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, 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; Kai Misra-Stone; Sophia Thomopoulos; Brandon Chosed; Miriam Miller

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Erina Takahashi sparkles as ENB’s Nutcracker returns

Mark Pullinger, 11 Dec

Despite confused storytelling in Wayne Eagling's version of ETA Hoffmann's tale, ENB's Nutcracker has some lovely dancing.

***11

Ivy Lin, 10 Dec

Balanchine’s Nutcracker may have premiered in 1954, but every year tickets sell out for this festive treat.

*****

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

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LondonThe Nutcracker

San FranciscoNutcracker

PhiladelphiaXmas Philes- Philadanco!

MadridEl cascanueces por la Compañía Nacional de Danza

BudapestThe Nutcracker

New York CityGeorge Balanchine's Nutcracker

Erina Takahashi sparkles as ENB’s Nutcracker returns

Balanchine's Nutcracker remains a timeless holiday gift

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

McGregor and Mugler unveil a dance-fashion spectacle at the Coliseum

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake proves emotional and timeless in LA

Icy chic: Svetlana Zakharova as Coco Chanel