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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

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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...

San FranciscoProgram 6: Present Perspectives

War Memorial Opera House, Mar 31 19:30, Apr 01 19:30, Apr 03 20:00, Apr 05 14:00

Prokofiev, Beethoven, Glazunov

Yuri Possokhov; Benjamin Millepied; Alexei Ratmansky; San Francisco Ballet; San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

Royal Swedish Opera, Mar 31, Apr 02, 04 15:00, 06, 09, 16, 17, 18 15:00, 20 (at 19:00 unless shown)

Minkus: Don Quixote

Marius Petipa; Rudolf Nureyev; Royal Swedish Ballet; Garrett Keast; Nadine Baylis; Royal Swedish Orchestra

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Auditorium de Dijon, Wed 1 Apr at 20:00

Various: Soufflette

François Chaignaud; Carte Blanche; Romain Brau; Abigail Fowler

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Harpa Concert Hall, Wed 1 Apr at 20:00

Thorvaldsdottir: Aiōn

Erna Omarsdóttir; Iceland Dance Company; Anna-Maria Helsing; Agnieszka Baranowska; Iceland Symphony Orchestra

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English National Ballet: Creature by Akram Khan

Sadler's Wells Theatre, Apr 01 19:30, Apr 02 14:30, 19:30, Apr 03 14:30, 19:30, Apr 04 14:30, 19:30, Apr 06 19:30, Apr 07 19:30, Apr 08 14:30, 19:30

Lamagna: Creature

Akram Khan; English National Ballet; Tim Yip

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Volksoper Vienna, Apr 01 19:00, Apr 06 19:00, Apr 17 19:00, Apr 23 19:00, May 03 18:00

Various: La Piaf

Mauro Bigonzetti; Vienna State Ballet; Carlo Cerri; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

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Junior Ballett Zürich shines in three creations

Emma Antrobus and Gary Solan in Wounded © Gregory Batardon

Sarah Batschelet, 08 Mar

Three different and highly-spirited works, each choreographed for the Junior Ballett Zürich, were recently performed at the city’s opera house.

*****

Elly Braund and Nicholas Shikkis in Voices and Light Footsteps © Chris Nash

Graham Watts, 07 Mar

The final full stop for a much-loved company

****1

Graham Watts, 06 Mar

A ballet to be enjoyed for its visual spectacle, strong and purposeful choreography and a pacy momentum that builds into a rousing finale.

***11

Marianela Núñez (Odette) © ROH | Bill Cooper

Graham Watts, 05 Mar

An opulent production that is both reassuringly traditional and refreshingly new.

****1

Katja Vaghi, 05 Mar

Masculinity, nothing or very little has changed: Enter Achilles is danced by Rambert at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.

*****

Michelle Willems and Dominik Slavkovsky © Gregory Batardon

Graham Watts, 29 Feb

An inventive reimagining of this well-worn tale

****1

Dance

San FranciscoProgram 6: Present Perspectives

StockholmDon Quixote

DijonSoufflette

ReykjavikAiōn

LondonEnglish National Ballet: Creature by Akram Khan

ViennaWiener Staatsballett in der Volksoper: La Piaf [all performances until 13th April CANCELLED]New production

Junior Ballett Zürich shines in three creations

Final Edition for the Richard Alston Dance Company

Virtuoso dancing in Hungarian National Ballet's Laurencia

Magnificent Marianela: Nuñez and Muntagirov star in Swan Lake revival

Enter Achilles danced by Rambert in Berlin

Nussknacker und Mausekönig revived at Ballett Zürich