Homage to Nureyev

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Matthew Bourne on Swan Lake 30 years on

Deborah Weiss, 6th November

Sir Matthew Bourne talks about his passion for storytelling in dance, and his own personal journey with his radical gender-flipped Swan Lake.

Cinderella Man: Tom Pye on designing sets for Covent Garden

Jonathan Gray, 13th March

Tom Pye has drawn inspiration from the magical fairytale illustrations of Edmund Dulac and Arthur Rackham with his new set designs for Frederick Ashton's Cinderella.

BRB's Swan Lake: A Picture Guide

Deborah Weiss, 10th February

Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake is on tour until April, bringing classic opulence to multiple venues across the country.

Stepping into Petipa’s shoes: Tamara Rojo on creating a new Raymonda

Mark Pullinger, 22nd December

The Artistic Director of English National Ballet reflects on her company's lockdown achievements and discusses her first foray into choreography to revive a 19th-century classic.

Symphonic storytelling: The Sleeping Beauty

Mark Pullinger, 27th July

The Sleeping Beauty is perhaps the Ugly Duckling of Tchaikovsky’s three ballets. It was the second in the trilogy, completed in 1889, but has neither the dramatic thrust of Swan Lake nor the calorific sugar-coated charm of The Nutcracker in terms of popular appeal.

Stepping into Tchaikovsky's Ballets: Swan Lake

Mark Pullinger, 23rd July

Ask anyone who claims to know nothing about ballet to actually name one, the chances are it will be one of Tchaikovsky's, with Swan Lake high on the list.

Nicoletta Manni... dispatched Odile’s fouettés with style

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