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English National Ballet – New Choreographers and New Music – Choreographics, A Letter To…

English National Ballet dancers turn choreographers when five of them get a chance to create new works in collaboration with students from the Royal College of Music…

Sofia National Ballet in Don Quixote.© Sofia National Ballet. (Click image for larger version)

Sofia National Ballet UK Tour – July 2013

The Sofia National Ballet has announced an exclusive debut UK summer tour for 2013, performing in nine venues around the country.

Alina Cojocaru.© Andrej Uspenski. (Click image for larger version)

Alina Cojocaru Charity Gala – 12 May 2013, Sadler’s Wells

An evening of artists celebrating the past present and the future, with highlights from the classical repertoire along side new or rarely seen pieces including choreography by Marius Petipa, John Neumeier, Tim Rushton, Johan Kobborg and others.

Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev in the Peter Schaufuss '21st century' version of Ashton's Romeo and Juliet.© Dave Morgan. (Click image for larger version)

Natalia Osipova to join The Royal Ballet

Full press release, plus useful resource links, pictures and a video to remind us all why she is so good…

Poster image for Midnight Express from midnightexpresstheballet.com.© Peter Schaufuss Ballet.

Sergei Polunin will no longer be performing in Midnight Express at the London Coliseum April 9-14.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Sergei Polunin will no longer be performing in Midnight Express at the London Coliseum

Leanne Benjamin at the 2009 National Dance Awards where she won Best Female Dancer.© Dave Morgan. (Click image for larger version)

Leanne Benjamin To Retire After 20 Years with The Royal Ballet

After an outstanding 21 years dancing with The Royal Ballet, Principal Dancer Leanne Benjamin has announced her intention to retire in July 2013, at the end of the current season.

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English National Ballet to Premiere Le Corsaire – Autumn 2013

English National Ballet will premiere a new production of Le Corsaire (The Pirate), one of the great 19th Century classics, in October 2013. English National Ballet will be the first UK company to perform the complete work…

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Serge Lifar – Paris Auction 22 April 2013

Auction: Last memories of Serge Lifar. Russian ballet at the Opéra de Paris….

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Scottish Ballet – Hansel & Gretel, and Me in Scotland’s woodlands

If you go down to the woods this spring you’re in for a big surprise as Scottish Ballet’s Hansel & Gretel, and Me project takes over the woodlands of Scotland in advance of the company’s world premiere of Hansel & Gretel later this year.

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Scottish Ballet at 2013 Edinburgh Festival – work from 14 choreographers

Press Release 12 March 2013 SCOTTISH BALLET presents DANCE ODYSSEYS Edinburgh International Festival Festival Theatre Edinburgh Friday 16 – Monday 19 August 2013 Scottish Ballet invites Edinburgh International Festival audiences to experience dance…

Nancy Osbaldeston, Tamara Rojo and Laurretta Summerscales.© Patrick Baldwin. (Click image for larger version)

English National Ballet Announces Winner of The Emerging Dancer Competition 2013

English National Ballet is pleased to announce Nancy Osbaldeston as winner of the Emerging Dancer Competition 2013. Laurretta Summerscales won the People’s Choice Award. Both dancers are former pupils of English National Ballet School.

Trespass: corps dancers (l-r): Leticia Stock, Dawid Trzensimiech, Yasmine Naghdi, Kevin Emerton, Lara Turk, Valentino Zucchetti.© Dave Morgan, courtesy the Royal Opera House. (Click image for larger version)

Book – Titian: Metamorphosis – Art, Music, Dance

About the book, complete with 6 Dave Morgan pictures from it…

Vaslav Nijinsky as the Golden Slave in ScheherazadeCourtesy of Dancing Times. (Click image for larger version)

Russian Ballet Icons Gala 2013 dedicated to Nijinsky – 10 March, London

On Sunday 10 March the Russian Ballet Icons Gala, this year dedicated to the legendary Vaslav Nijinsky, will take place at the London Coliseum.

Dancers: Behind the Scenes with The Royal Ballet – Book Cover.© Andrej Uspenski, courtesy the Royal Opera House. (Click image for larger version)

Behind the Scenes with The Royal Ballet – photographed by Andrej Uspenski

The release of his book Dancers: Behind the Scenes with The Royal Ballet brings together Andrej’s images for the first time, revealing an intimate photographic record of The Royal Ballet.

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Changes within the Royal Ballet Company – Mara Galeazzi and Jonathan Watkins

Mara Galeazzi is retiring at the end of the season and Jonathan Watkins is leaving to go freelance…

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2012 UK National Dance Awards – Winners Announced

The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle announced the winners of the 13th National Dance Awards at The Place on 28th January 2013.

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English National Ballet Unveils Rebrand & Vivienne Westwood Collaboration

English National Ballet is pleased to reveal details of its new rebrand, which includes an exciting collaboration with designer Vivienne Westwood, in a creative brand campaign for 2013.

Pictures, all by Rick Guest, l-r: Edward Watson, Laura Morera.© DRick Guest, by kind permission of the Royal Opera House. (Click image for larger version)

Dancers of The Royal Ballet – A Photographic Exhibition – FREE Opens 25 January

Now Is All There Is – Bodies in Motion, is an exhibition of 34 stylized images of Royal Ballet dancers taken by photographer Rick Guest.

Poster image for Midnight Express from midnightexpresstheballet.com.© Peter Schaufuss Ballet.

Schaufuss’s Midnight Express with Sergei Polunin at London Coliseum 9th-14th April

All Aboard! Peter Schaufuss’s Midnight Express Rolls into the London Coliseum 9th-14th April Olivier and Evening Standard award winning dancer, director and choreographer Peter Schaufuss today announces the production’s UK debut. The dance world’s…

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Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Aladdin Premiere in February 2013 – Full Deatils

Birmingham Hippodrome performance dates: Friday 15 – Saturday 23 February 2013 (includes a Sunday performance on 17 February at 1pm and a 6.30pm performance on Friday 22 February). Then Tours…

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