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LondonRhythm Riot – English National Ballet

© Jason Bell
Strawinsky, Vasks, Tru
George Balanchine; Jae Man Joo; Micaela Taylor; English National Ballet; Thomas Mika; Mark Henderson; English National Ballet Philharmonic

ToulouseMaîtres américains

© David Herrero
Hindemith, Adams
George Balanchine; Peter Martins; Ballet de l'Opéra national du Capitole; Michael Balke; Mark Stanley

PragueWho cares?

Prague National Theatre
Brahms, Gershwin
George Balanchine; The Czech National Ballet; Václav Zahradník; Francois-Noël Cherpin; Jan Beneš; Prague State Opera Orchestra

MadridCompañía Nacional de Danza

© No credit
Tschaikowsky, Ravel, Willems
George Balanchine; Jacopo Godani; William Forsythe; Compañía Nacional de Danza; Manuel Coves; Barbara Karinska

ParisJoyaux

© Julien Benhamou | OnP
Fauré, Strawinsky, Tschaikowsky
George Balanchine; Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris; Danseurs et danseuses étoiles du Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris; Alondra de la Parra; Alizé Léhon; Christian Lacroix

BarcelonaNumEros

© Compañía Nacional de Danza
Tschaikowsky, Ravel, Verschiedene
George Balanchine; Jacopo Godani; William Forsythe; Compañía Nacional de Danza; Daniel Capps; Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu; Gustavo Díaz-Jerez
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Viel Vergangenheit: Liebeslieder am Wiener Staatsballett

Von Brahms und Balanchine bis Górecki und Childs: das Wiener Staatsballet zeigt einen zeitlosen Abend.
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Bachmann, Mahler, Goecke: Tanztraumpremiere am Wiener Staatsballett

Die vier Tänzerinnen und sieben Tänzer zittern, ihre Arme, Schultern und Hände kratzen, flattern und schluchzen in oft eckigem Gestus und doch sind alle Bewegungen im Fluss.
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Spitzengefühl und neoklassischer Ansatz

Die neue Premiere des Staatsballetts spannt einen Bogen über die neuere Tanzgeschichte des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts.
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Marianela – Timeless: a ballerina at the pinnacle of her career

Marianela Núñez and William Bracewell in Ashton’s Marguerite and Armand © 2026 Maria-Helena Buckley
Celebrating a prima ballerina still in her prime, Marianela – Timeless, is a programme of excellence and true artistry from all quarters.
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Europe invades: Paris Opera étoiles in New York

Hugo Marchand and Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Béjart’s Boléro © Steven Pisano
Hugo Marchand curated and performed in an essentially French mixed bill along with Dorothée Gilbert, Léonore Baulac and Germain Louvet from Paris Opéra and the excellent ensemble of Béjart Ballet Lausanne. 
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Palermo celebrates through repertoire, tango and contemporary visions

Corpo di ballo del Teatro Massimo in Contact Tango © Rosellina Garbo
A wonderful evening of contrasting works shows the company and guests in fine form at Palermo’s Teatro Massimo.
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ParisGeorge Balanchine / Ballet Impérial – Who Cares?

Who Cares? par le Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris © Agathe Poupeney / Opéra national de Paris
Tschaikowsky, Gershwin
George Balanchine; Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris; Mikhail Agrest; Xavier Ronze; Mark Stanley; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisLe Songe d'une Nuit d'Eté

© Agathe Poupeney | OnP
Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream
George Balanchine; Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris; Simon Hewett; Christian Lacroix; Jennifer Tipton

ParisLe Palais de Cristal / Daphnis et Chloé

© LIttle Shao | OnP
Bizet, Ravel
George Balanchine; Benjamin Millepied; Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris; Philippe Jordan; Daniel Buren; Christian Lacroix; Madjid Hakimi
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Dreams of Greece: Ravel’s first ballet Daphnis et Chloé

Léon Bakst: costume designs for Daphnis et Chloé © Public domain | Bibliothèque nationale de France
Ravel’s first ballet Daphnis et Chloé is an overwhelming sensory experience – but its birth as a production choreographed by Mikhail Fokine for the Ballets Russes was not without complications...

Choreographing Stravinsky: Balanchine and the Violin Concerto

Lesley Rausch and Jerome Tisserand in Aria I © Pacific Northwest Ballet
An exploration of the two central movements – a pair of contrasting pas de deux – in Balanchine's black-and-white masterpiece, Stravinsky Violin Concerto

La música de Stravinsky acaricia a Terpsícore

Reconstrucción de Millicent Hodson de Le Sacre du printemps en el Teatro Mariinsky © Natasha Razina | State Academic Mariinsky Theatre
Repasamos la fructífera relación creativa entre Igor Stravinsky y Serguéi Diaghilev y las distintas creaciones del compositor para la compañía Les Ballets Russes.