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Czech National Ballet present an outstanding programme of intriguing new dance, enveloping a late twentieth century gem.

It’s all change at the Ballett am Rhein with new Chief Choreographer, Bridget Breiner, and Ballet Director, Raphaël Coumes-Marquet taking over from Demis Volpi for the 24/25 season.

Five of the best-known dance companies based in New York City have united for a weeklong program every summer since COVID. This year they shared a stage but stuck to their own rep.  

As we reached the end of season gala, Ballett am Rhein offered up a selection of highlights from the past four seasons in celebration of outgoing Artistic Director, Demis Volpi.

Dancing Dutch for Dutch National Ballet comprises four different works, not all by Dutch choreographers, which show off the depth and breadth of a company in great shape.

A triple bill that shows off the dancers' many talents and leaves the viewer feeling entirely satiated.

Programming three choreographers who are always box office favourites is as sure fire a hit for Ballett am Rhein who debut this neoclassical triple bill featuring a selection of successes. 

 In a fascinating and challenging triple bill, Czech National Ballet deliver first rate performances.

A rich mix of pure dance and powerful music shows the company in very fine form towards the end of a demanding season.

The 47th Nijinsky Gala in Hamburg celebrates the art of dance, the creativity of great choreographers and a totally committed company, while not forgetting what is happening not so far from our theatres.

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

Salvatore Viganò's choreography for Beethoven's 1801 ballet Prometheus has not survived, but a trio of creators put their own stamp on the score in Amsterdam.

Dutch National Ballet presents six Hans van Manen creations spanning 40 years of choreography. 

Considering the very abrupt transition to dance-on-film that most companies are contending with today, Mahler, live chooses to examine the beginnings of this genre. 

Anna Tsygankova is clearly enjoying her part in Forsythe's Pas/Parts 2018, an exposé of the vocabulary of modern ballet.

A seamless aesthetic of elegant and fluid dance, impressive musicality and impactful design 

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.

As part of the nationwide “Steps” dance festival, NDT2 gave a degree of precision, theatrics, musicality, and humour that truly set the group apart.

In the future features exciting works by Juanjo Arques and Hans van Manen, and is the most exciting programme by the Junior Company so far.

Ballet and pop music meet in a new work by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and other exciting collaborations by Ernst Meisner, Hans van Manen and Wubkje Kuindersma

Now an ever-developing city, Budapest has become much more than faded grandeur, actually, and the Hungarian National Ballet’s recent moves reflect just that

As generations of dancers move on and off the stage, working hard for their very short lived moment in the spotlight, we can rest assured that there will be many classic Van Manen pieces in the repertoire for them to dance.

Athletic (modern) classics combined with playful Hans van Manen and romantic Kuindersma make for a great evening. Elisa Badenes and Anna Ol are superb.

English National Ballet's ambitious triple bill does not disappoint; it shows a company on the rise. 

 Zurich’s new triple-bill ballet programme bridges the 20 and 21st centuries with choreography by three different contemporary masters: Jacopo Godani, Hans van Manen, and William Forsythe.

Dutch National Ballet proves its innovative tradition of modern ballet with playful, serious, subtle and powerful pieces.

Dutch summer Romance? Yes, that's a thing. With some virtuoso dancing thrown in for good measure.

On the second night of San Francisco Ballet’s second visit to Beijing, the company treated their Chinese audience to a varied programme: Tomasson’s Caprice, Wheeldon’s Rush, van Manen’s Variations for Two Couples, and Balanchine’s Theme and Variations.

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

Dutch National Ballet presents master choreographer's iconic works Metaforen, Twilight, Two Gold Variations and Live showcasing the choreographer’s inventiveness and the development of his works over the years.

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. 

The young talents from Dutch National Ballet's Junior Company showed themselves to the public in an exciting mixed programme of well-performed classics and interesting new works.

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

Fall for Dance's Program One features Black Grace, San Francisco Ballet, Russell Maliphant's choreography and the Mark Morrids Dance Group. A mixed bag, with Morris's Words the lovely cherry on the top!

Grand, bold dancing by great Ballerinas! Ballerinas dance their favourite pieces. Sexy and sleek Brandsen. Lovely, deep Wheeldon. Larissa Lezhnina's last night. An absolute go see.

The Dutch National Ballet presents four brand new choreographies in Dutch Doubles, working together with acclaimed artists from different fields.

Opposites Attract was the title chosen to tie three pieces together in Birmingham Royal Ballet’s first triple bill at Sadler’s Wells this week, but that was optimistic: these three were so different in both style and quality that it was hard to find any affinity between them, or any sense of the company as a whole.

If the number of bare male chests exposed on the stage at Sadler’s Wells this week is meant to suggest a symbolic baring of the male psyche then the Dutch National Ballet (DNB) underwent a good deal of soul searching in their celebration of Hans Van Manen’s work. Their resident choreographer has created 120 ballets in his sixty year career and in this programme DNB performs five.

Tres coreografías de registros estilísticos homogéneos, pero capaces de reservar sorpresas gracias a las cualidades y el buen quehacer de la Compañía Nacional de Danza. 

Die Junior Company des Nationalen Balletts der Niederlande versprüht Lebensfreude in fünf modernen Choreographien.

Eine Uraufführung von Mauro Bigonzetti und zwei Klassiker von Hans van Manen als würdige Beethoven-Hommage in Stuttgart.

Der Abend verdeutlicht, was Hans van Manen auszeichnet: ungeheure Musikalität und Konzentration auf das Wesentliche.

Malgré quelques temps forts, en particulier la reprise brillante de Herman Schmerman, la soirée « Etoiles de l’Opéra » laisse un avant-goût mitigé sur l'avant-scène du Palais Garnier.

Mit drei Uraufführungen zeigt dieser Abend, dass die Herausforderung zu Reaktionen zwingt und Neues hervorbringen kann.

Pour la première fois, le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris interprète des œuvres du tandem Sol León et Paul Lightfoot, actuels directeurs artistiques du Nederlands Dans Theater.