Dance

Dancer of the Month

Carlos Acosta, in his final curtain call at the Royal Opera House © ROH | Ian Gavan

Carlos Acosta: celebrating 30 years in Dance

Our December dancer is the great Carlos Acosta, whose unique journey and extraordinary career continue with Acosta Danza, and many other projects.

Acosta Danza: a professional platform for Cuban dancers

Acosta, here rehearsing <i>Don Quixote</i> at the Royal Ballet © ROH | Johan Persson

Acosta, here rehearsing Don Quixote at the Royal Ballet

Recent reviews

The Zurich Ballet premieres Christian Spuck's <i>Winterresie</i> © Gregory Bartadon

The Zurich Ballet premieres Christian Spuck's Winterresie

Polina Semionova and Alejandro Virelles open Alexei Ratmansky's <i>Bayadère</i> at Staatsballett Berlin © Yan Revazov

Polina Semionova and Alejandro Virelles open Alexei Ratmansky's Bayadère at Staatsballett Berlin

Scottish Ballet's Cinderella* (ch: Christopher Hampson) lights up Edinburgh this December

Polina Semionova and Alejandro Virelles open Alexei Ratmansky's Bayadère at Staatsballett Berlin

Scottish Ballet's Cinderella* (ch: Christopher Hampson) lights up Edinburgh this December

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London: RB Nutcracker launches the festive season

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NY: Whiteside and Trenary star in Arthur Pita's The Tenant

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Sydney: Emerging choreographers in New Breed

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London: Marriott's poignant tribute for RB

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Berlin: No Body left behind in Sasha Waltz and Guests' Körper

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Basel: Wherlock’s Tevyje premieres

Ballet ABC

Marie Taglioni in La Sylphide, 1832

Classical Ballet, a French Affair?

A little History of the French Style

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

A Swan's Tale

SB: Symphonic Storytelling

Casting a Christmas Spell

Upcoming eventsSee more...

LondonMatthew Bourne's Swan Lake

Sadler's Wells Theatre, Dec 12 19:30, Dec 13 19:30, Dec 14 19:30, Dec 15 14:30, 19:30, Dec 16 14:00, 19:00, Dec 18 19:30, Dec 19 19:30, Dec 20 19:30, Dec 21 19:30, Dec 22 14:30, 19:30, Dec 23 14:00, 19:00, Dec 26 19:30, Dec 27 14:30, 19:30, Dec 28 19:30, Dec 29 14:30, 19:30, Dec 30 14:00, 19:00, 2019 Jan 01 19:00, Jan 02 19:30, Jan 03 19:30, Jan 04 19:30, Jan 05 14:30, 19:30, Jan 06 14:00, 19:00, Jan 08 19:30, Jan 09 19:30, Jan 10 19:30, Jan 11 19:30, Jan 12 14:30, 19:30

Tchaikovsky: Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake

Matthew Bourne; Matthew Bourne's New Adventures; Brett Morris; Lez Brotherston; Paule Constable

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Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Dec 13 20:00, Dec 14 20:00, Dec 16 14:00, Dec 17 20:00, Dec 19 20:00, Dec 20 20:00, Dec 22 20:00, Dec 23 14:00, Dec 24 14:00, Dec 26 14:00, Dec 27 14:00, 20:00, Dec 29 14:00, 20:00, Dec 30 14:00, Dec 31 14:00, 2019 Jan 01 20:00

Prokofiev: Cinderella

Christopher Wheeldon; Jacquelin Barrett; Dutch National Ballet; Martin West; Julian Crouch

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Opernhaus, Dec 13 19:30, Dec 14 19:30, 2019 May 31 19:30, Jun 01 19:00, Jun 08 19:00, Jun 20 19:30

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

Mario Schröder; Leipziger Ballet; Christoph Gedschold; Paul Zoller; Aleksandar Noshpal; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

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Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Dec 13, 2019 Feb 14 at 18:30

Urbaitis: Der Prozess

Martynas Rimeikis; Ernest Barčaitis; Ričardas Šumila; Modestas Barkauskas; Marijus Jacovskis; Jurgita Jankutė

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Nationaltheater, Dec 14, 18, 26 15:00, 19:30, 28, 2019 Jan 02, 04 (at 19:30 unless shown)

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

John Neumeier; Bavarian State Ballet; Robertas Šervenikas; Jürgen Rose; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

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Erkel Színház (Erkel Theatre), Dec 14 19:00, Dec 15 18:00, Dec 16 11:00, Dec 18 19:00, Dec 19 19:00, Dec 20 11:00, 19:00, Dec 21 11:00, Dec 22 11:00, 18:00, Dec 23 11:00, Dec 24 11:00, Dec 25 11:00, Dec 26 11:00, Dec 27 11:00, Dec 28 11:00, 18:00, Dec 29 11:00, 18:00, Dec 30 11:00, 18:00, Dec 31 11:00

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Hungarian National Ballet; András Déri; Gusztáv Oláh; Nóra Rományi

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Latest reviewsSee more...

Scottish Ballet's Cinderella lights up Edinburgh

Roses in Scottish Ballet's Cinderella © Andy Ross

Graham Watts, 08 Dec

A welcome revival of Christopher Hampson's imaginative reworking of this perennial fairy tale

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Katja Vaghi, 06 Dec

A mesmerising catalogue of the body’s uses and abuses in our society, Sasha Waltz & Guest presents Körper an old-time favourite at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.

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Gary Avis (Drosselmeyer) © ROH | Bill Cooper (2013)

Mark Pullinger, 03 Dec

What marks the start of Christmas? For many, it's when the Christmas tree magically grows in The Royal Ballet's Nutcracker...

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Kansas City Ballet in The Nutcracker © Brett Pruitt

Hilary Stroh, 01 Dec

Devon Carney's fantasy-forward take on the holiday classic.

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A scene from Katrina Olsen's Mother's Cry © Pedro Greig

Chantal Nguyen, 30 Nov

The 2018 installment of Sydney Dance Company's annual showcase for new choreographers, New Breed, brings four diverse and experimental works to the stage.

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Lewis' Water Will (In Melody) © Dorothea Tuch

Katja Vaghi, 29 Nov

A HAU am Hebel’s production, Ligia Lewis’ Water Will (in Melody) is surely a raw and direct, disturbingly grotesque, beautifully poetic and unwittingly explicit journey to an unfortunately unknown destination.

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Carlos Acosta: celebrating 30 years in Dance

LondonMatthew Bourne's Swan Lake

AmsterdamCinderella

LeipzigSchwanensee

VilniusDer Prozess [Urbaitis]

MunichDer Nussknacker

BudapestThe Nutcracker

Scottish Ballet's Cinderella lights up Edinburgh

No body left behind: Sasha Waltz & Guest and Hans Peter Kuhn Körper

Sugar and spice: The Nutcracker returns

A Nutcracker in Wonderland from Kansas City Ballet

Emerging choreographers with Sydney Dance Company's New Breed

moons in a dark sky: Ligia Lewis’ Water Will (in Melody)