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Pari réussi à l'Opéra Comique pour cette réjouissante réhabilitation de l'opéra d'Adolphe Adam. Mise en scène luxuriante et interprètes de choix : une production à ne pas manquer.

L’Église Saint-Bonaventure s’est remplie des mystères vocaux de l’Avent, de Bach à Rutter.

L'Opéra de Toulon a pris le risque de programmer en ouverture de saison Le Chalet d'Adolphe Adam. Malgré une salle à moitié remplie, le talent des artistes et l'entrain de la partition ont sucité l'adhésion. 

Invité pour la première fois par l’Opéra de Paris, l’English National Ballet a dansé à Garnier une version virtuose et enjouée du Corsaire, ballet classique inspiré du poème The Corsair de Lord Byron.

Giselle, emblème du répertoire romantique du Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris, brille de nouveau à l’Opéra Garnier, magnifiquement interprété par les étoiles Dorothée Gilbert et Mathieu Ganio et un corps de ballet d’une grande sensibilité.

The whole Company exudes bravura and panache in gala programme headlined by a Zucchetti premiere and a Wheeldon classic.

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

The spectacular dancing of Erina Takahashi, Francesco Gabriele Frola and Jeffrey Cirio is the principal reason to catch ENB's revival of this creaky swashbuckler. 

The welcome return of a thoughtful interpretation of this much-loved ballet  

Perhaps ABT's disclaimer in the program notes should have simply said: "When you watch Le Corsaire, prepare to be both offended and entertained. We hope you'll be more entertained than offended."

A memorable and important event in the history of British ballet, sensitively and sentimentally performed. 

Ako Kondo dances a gorgeous Giselle in this restaging of a much-loved production.

Based on a story published by Heinrich Heine in 1834, Giselle has long stood as a front runner in the classical ballet canon.

Pennsylvania Ballet kicks off the season with its first Giselle since Angel Corella took over the artistic directorship five years ago. A cast dominated by soloists and corps more than did it justice.

La Scala Ballet delights with a beautifully-danced Giselle for the company's first Australian visit.

Top tenors Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres dared to duel at the Concertgebouw. Both emerged victorious, and not just because of the volley of sensational top notes.

Organised by Berlin State Ballet audience’s darling, the principal dancer Polina Semionova, the gala Polina & Friends and its stellar cast literally left the house roaring from enthusiasm.

Peter Wright's evergreen production continues to delight led by a defining performance by Marianela Nuñez in the title role .

San Francisco Ballet gives a rousing account of Justin Peck's ground-breaking Rodeo, newcomers Ana Sophia Scheller and Ulrik Birkkjær make waves, and Carlo DiLanno wins my vote for MVP at this season's gala. 

There was complete assurance in Skylar Brandt's performance and there’s no doubt that she’s a bona fide contender for a future slot as a principal dancer.

Anette Delgado and the Ballet Nacional de Cuba’s corps de ballet boost Giselle in Madrid.

Washington Ballet's Giselle under the new directorship of Julie Kent

La revisión de la redacción musical resulta un trabajo excelente que se aprecia y se agradece 

A first-class, five-star evening made even more exceptional by the extra gift of Cojocaru’s masterclass

Giselle is a story of love and loss, words left unspoken and the pain of regret. The Australian Ballet's tragedy is a beautifully poignant representation of human emotion.

Ratmansky adds choreographic and aesthetic sense to a ballet that doesn't have much to say.

International Ballet stars come together on stage in London to honour the late legendary Russian ballet dancer Maya Plisetskaya.

The Royal Ballet's Giselle is classical ballet at its best, paying deep reverence to the original with some of the heavier elements refreshed. Excellently performed by Sarah Lamb and Matthew Golding. 

Byron’s Conrad boards his pirate ship as ENB’s Le Corsaire sets sail for a return voyage to the Coliseum. 

Die Göteborger Symphoniker gaben mit dem Symphonischen Chor ein besinnliches Konzert für die Adventzeit.

Unlike some contemporary Giselle being performed in the West, National Ballet of China’s version harks back to the delicacy and romance of the 1841 original. The choreography performed at Beijing’s NCPA last Friday was strikingly beautiful, wonderfully capturing the profound emotion of the piece. 

San Francisco Ballet's Giselle brought enthusiastic Beijingers out in hordes to see Yuan Yuan Tan in the title role at the National Center for the Performing Arts on Friday night. 

Rebranded Silicon Valley Ballet, the former Ballet San Jose makes history with its première of Alicia Alonso's Giselle, a US première from National Ballet of Cuba that seduces and enthralls.

English National Ballet returns to Singapore after a 46 years absence with a breathtaking Alina Cojocaru as Medora.

Michael Pink's Giselle for Milwaukee Ballet is set in a 1940’s Jewish ghetto, policed by armed guards. This moving production is supported by Gavin Sutherland's modernist updating of the score, and Lez Brotherston's striking, muted designs. 

Helgi Tomasson's Giselle for San Francisco Ballet makes a powerful feminist statement, despite any reservations which our reviewer may have had about lead casting. Act II is a resounding triumph for the corps de ballet, for leads Maria Kochetkova, Sofiane Sylve, Vitor Luiz, and Pascal Molat, and soloists Sasha De Sola and Dores André.

The National Ballet of Cuba performs Dame Alicia Alonso's Giselle at the 24th International Festival of Ballet in Havana.

In an all French language opera progromme, Juan Diego Flórez shines in his Dublin leg of Tour l'Amour 

The fourth Étoile Gala in Tokyo showed many faces of Paris Opera Ballet étoiles as well as stars from other companies, and with its intimate atmosphere and hand-made feeling, won the hearts of Japanese audience. 

Despite the recent unrest in Ukraine, the greatest emotion to pour forth in the city of Odessa came from the stage of the charming Opera and Ballet Theatre in Giselle.

American Ballet Theatre’s second program of their tour is the All Star Gala, not just a star-studded pas de deux evening but with two brilliant works, Balanchine's Theme and Variations and Ratmansky's Piano Concerto no. 1.

The opening dance programme of this year’s Hong Kong Arts Festival was Giselle, performed by La Scala Ballet, who made a welcome return to Hong Kong after seven years. Reviewed by Kevin Ng at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

Korean ballet company Universal Ballet celebrate their 30th anniversary with a Special Gala in Tokyo, with classics and the contemporary pieces. Naomi Mori reviews.

The San Francisco Ballet delivers a memorable Giselle with the finesse and classicism the ballet demands, at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House.

It’s hard to think of a full-length ballet in the current repertory of the London companies that’s are much straight-up fun to watch as the English National Ballet's Le Corsaire.

The Scottish Concert Orchestra and Russian State Ballet of Siberia keep the Christmas spirit alive with Music and Dance at the Ballet at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

Change is in the air at Ballet San Jose, and Saturday night’s star-studded gala to welcome new artistic director José Manuel Carreño proved this in a big way.

They’re finally here, back in London to wow audiences once again with their scintillating dancing. The darlings of the ballet world, Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev last appeared together in the capital two summers ago, and a few months later sent shock waves like the aftermath of an earthquake around the dance community when they announced that they were leaving their alma mater, the Bolshoi Ba

It would be hard to find someone who has not heard of Anna Pavlova. The name alone conjures up words such as elegant, visionary, iconic. Her acclaim results from a career in ballet spanning over 30 years, in which she had a tremendous influence over the world of classical dance and earned her place as one of the finest Russian ballerinas in history.