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Scottish Ballet's The Nutcracker, at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre sweeps the audience away to a magical snowscape of childhood wonder and sugar confectionery.

A pleasing finale to a remarkable nationwide celebration of a great British choreographer.  

A fine start to this unique collaboration between the five major ballet companies in the UK to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the passing of one of Britain's greatest choreographers 

Once again, Scottish Ballet produces another winner for the Edinburgh Festival Theatre with a double bill of ballets set to the emotive otherworldly harmonies of composer, Igor Stravinsky.

Scottish Ballet meets the complex challenges of two great contemporary choreographers with considerable beauty 

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa has created a masterpiece with her A Streetcar Named Desire for Scottish Ballet.

Scottish Ballet’s Each Other taps into the visceral impact from the image of worn, discarded shoes to create a poignant and compelling piece about the tensions between different groups.

It was a successful program that showed off the considerable range of a talented and charming troupe.

A tale that is rarely used in ballet set to familiar music that now finds a new life in dance 

From whistles to buzzing bees, Scottish Ballet’s October double-bill of Siblio and Emergence delight the Theatre Royal in Glasgow.

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Nancy Meckler's stunning stage adaptation of Tenesse Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire delights Scottish Balllet audiences in London.

Scottish Ballet presents Krzysztof Pastor’s Romeo & Juliet (2008), an innovative presentation of the story through several different time settings, at Sadler’s Wells.

Once upon a time, Scottish Ballet put on a magical performance of Christopher Hampson’s Hansel & Gretel at His Majesty’s Theatre in Aberdeen. 

The comedic Scots ditty “Donald Where’s Your Troosers?” is not your typical balletic overture, but then Matthew Bourne’s Highland Fling is not your typical Scottish Ballet production.

It seemed strange to come out of the theatre humming “It’s Only a Paper Moon” when a few moments before there had been brutality, madness and a horrific rape scene on stage. But that 1933 song runs throughout the scenario of Scottish Ballet’s new production of A Streetcar named Desire – as it did in the original play – reminding of the difference between reality and dreaming.

Scottish Ballet’s brief trip south of the border - just two performances - not only brought a company of vital athletic dancers to the capital but also chose the occasion to announce its new artistic director.