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A mix of world class performances and interesting new choreography is a bit of a magnet for ballet-goers.

National Ballet of Japan's 2023/24 season opened to a very appreciative audience with Alexei Fadeyechev’s Don Quixote. 

Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote is a dazzling production which stands out for its lack of filler moments. There are no slow crowd scenes, just flat out dancing.

Ballet Nights offers a wonderful variety of dancing and genres. Whatever your preference, there are quality performances to enjoy.

In February 2022, Kyiv City Ballet embarked upon a three week tour of France having finally recovered from scheduling disruption due to COVID, and haven't been back since.

The Australian Ballet's return to London's Royal Opera House after a 35 year absence, proves successful at every level.

A balance of classical, contemporary and folk dance, showed off the versatility of The Royal Ballet School's students at every stage of their training and the results were extremely pleasing.

This Don Quixote reveals the extraordinary depth of talent within Australian Ballet, challenging all ranks of the company and presenting a stellar production.

Don Quixote is a sunny ballet that is impossible not to enjoy, which here provided an evening of great skill and joyful entertainment. 

Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote hits the road with a successful London residency at Sadler's Wells.

In contrast to companies like the Bolshoi, ABT’s Don Quixote comes across as sweet but slight.

Norwegian National Ballet opened its new run of Natalia Makarova’s staging, with Whitney Jensen and Lania Atkins making outstanding impressions as Nikiya and Gamzatti. 

Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov's restaging of the 1869 Petipa classic brings a sunny smile to faces in San Francisco. 

Carlos Acosta restages his Royal Ballet Don Q in a refreshing revamp for Birmingham Royal Ballet.

Ivan Putrov, who has enjoyed a long career based in London, brings dancers from his homeland for a special London gala. 

Manuel Legris, whom Nureyev appointed étoile in Paris in 1986, presents an evening of Nureyev choreographies in Milan. 

New Year Ballet displayed the versatility of the National Ballet of Japan, from the 19th-century classic Paquita, to three works by Japanese choreographers and David Bintley's “Still Life” at the Penguin Café.

National Ballet of Japan marks a triumphant season opening of Don Quixote with new director Miyako Yoshida, the first ballet performance in 8 months with full seating capacity audience and live orchestra. .

A beautiful performance worth quarantining for as Latvia leads the charge to preserve art and culture. 

An event that will be long-remembered for the importance of the occasion, if not for its content. 

An evening of sparkle and bravura at London's international ballet gala. 

Fiery footwork from Margarita Shrainer and Igor Tsvirko kick life into Fadeyechev’s version of Don Quixote. 

Дон Кто? Лучше всего забыть о Сервантесе, когда речь идет о балете «Дон Кихот», особенно о постановке Алексея Фадеечева трехлетней давности, впервые показанной в театре Ковент-Гарден в 2016

Despite Carlos Acosta's staging of Don Quixote feeling a little tame, The Royal Ballet's star couple dazzles. 

What the young dancers lack in finesse they make up in boisterousness. Sidorova's dance vocabulary seems endless. Kuindersma's Mesmer radiates into the theatre.

San Francisco Ballet's Don Quixote is ultimately a winning production with surprising warmth and heart.

Vivacious dancing and abundant joie de vivre in La Scala Ballet's Don Quixote

In addition to providing a showcase for the principals, the ballet provides ample opportunity for the company's soloists to shine.

The Staatsballett jumps into the opulence of the past with Alexei Ratmansky’s reconstruction of Marius Petipa’s choreography of La Bayadère at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden

With all the right ingredients – acte blanc, love intrigue, dramatic death – La Bayadère is a classic Russian ballet.

Pennsylvania Ballet shows off in works by Balanchine, Petipa, and Wheeldon

With Contrasts, the Mariinsky dancers are put under a multifaceted microscope. 

The fireworks – when they came – were explosive, Viktoria Tereshkina and Kimin Kim igniting the Royal Opera House stage in a frenzy of effervescent footwork.

Alas, putting two stars (Kochetkova and Cornejo) together is no guarantee of success and that was certainly the case here.

Patrice Bart's staging of La Bayadère for Bayerisches Staatsballett may have been an unadventurous choice of program to kick off the Hong Kong Arts Festival but nevertheless there was much to admire.

The Bolshoi's soloists perform La Bayadère with distinction 

Everyone in the Bolshoi company encapsulates the fiery spirit of Don Quixote

The Mariinsky Ballet presents La Bayadère, here performed by a stellar cast with Diana Vishneva, Kimin Kim and Viktoria Tereshkina in the lead roles.

An uneven first act is redeemed by fine dancing in the second and third acts of Don Quixote, by Singapore Dance Theatre

In its 10th season, the steadfast and elegant Los Angeles Ballet impressed us with technical achievement, emotional expressivity, musicality, spirit, and focus in Don Quixote.

The POB struggles to connect to the Nureyev legacy, in an underwhleming performance of La Bayadère. 

Stephen Hough's Barbican concert was carefully constructed to reveal every side of his personality - artistic, creative and philosophical.  

Septime Webre's Great Glorious Latin Ballet 'Mash-up' energises the DC ballet crowd.

In the absence of a visiting Mariinsky or Bolshoi company during the summer hiatus, London's balletomanes could get their classical ballet fix via the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre in performances of Swan Lake and La Bayadère.

The Bayerische Staatsballett offers us a fascinating journey back in time with Alexei Ratmansky's restaging of Petipa's Paquita. 

Fluttering fans and hearts in Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote, performed by the Royal Ballet in Washington.

Petipa's 1869 classic receives a splendid treatment in San Francisco Ballet's 2003 restaging of Don Quixote.

San Francisco Ballet's Program 3 explores the boundaries of classicism, from both ends, with La Bayadère's 'Kingdom of the Shades' , and neoclassical works from Hans van Manen, William Forsythe and Myles Thatcher. 

National Ballet of Japan’s La Bayadère boasts a magnificent corps de ballet, and with prima ballerinas Ayako Ono and Yui Yonezawa as the lead ladies and guest star Vadim Muntagirov as Solor, this highly dramatic and thrilling perfomance of La Bayadère makes for a memorable evening.

Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote opened this week at the Royal Opera House, with Carlos Acosta as Basilio and Marianela Núñez as Kitri.