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There’s a good reason Swan Lake is a box office blockbuster. Not only is it “famous” in the sense that even ballet neophytes know all about it, Swan Lake is a seriously meaty ballet with a narrative arc that offers tension-filled dynamics, a luscious score by Tchaikovsky and one of the most famous tragic love stories of all time.

Christine Rocas played Juliet with exuberant lyricism that won me over completely.

Wheeldon’s vocabulary, Ratmansky’s Lyricism, Pastor’s roaring engine and Dawson’s mesmerising planetary roaming little prince Edo Wijnen, make for a happy afternoon. 

The program that the Hong Kong Ballet presented at the Joyce Theater showed a company that is disciplined and technically accomplished.

To celebrate its 50th birthday Dutch National Opera put on a festive tribute to the people that have made it the innovative and much-admired house it is today.

The Polish National Ballet compares favorably with American regional companies like Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet West and San Francisco Ballet.

With Back to Bach the Dutch National Ballet shows that Bach and ballet go together perfectly.

Les Grands Ballets Canadiens' kick off their 2014-15 season with an entertaining <em>Leonce and Léna</em> at the Théâtre Maisonneuve in Montreal.

The Dutch National Ballet impresses with the world première of a new and large-scale production of The Tempest by resident choreographer Krzysztof Pastor. At Het Musiektheater as part of the 2014 Holland Festival. 

Pia Savoie reviews Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal's 50th anniversary performance of The Nutcracker by Fernand Nault.

What do heroin, fish soup, and fairy godmothers have in common? They are all ingredients in choreographer Mats Ek’s reinvention of the ballet Sleeping Beauty, currently being performed through the end of October with Les Grands Ballet Canadiens de Montréal.Though the Sleeping Beauty we know today exists in many versions, the scenario is rarely changed significantly.