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Ballet

Romeo and Juliet, Sadler's Wells, London

Romeo and Juliet is one of the most popular and most performed ballets in the world, with most of the major troupes having a version in their repertories.

Dance review: Romeo and Juliet, Sadler

Returning to London after more than quarter of a century, the National Ballet of Canada brings Alexei Ratmansky

The National Ballet of Canada: Romeo And Juliet, Sadler's Wells - dance review

Do we need another Romeo & Juliet? The National Ballet of Canada certainly thought so when they commissioned the darling of classical ballet, Alexei Ratmansky, to make one for their 60th anniversary in 2011, and they chose to showcase it on their first tr

The Natalia Osipova effect comes to the Royal Ballet

The Russian star's arrival this autumn, following Leanne Benjamin's departure, opens intriguing questions about the company's next steps A couple of weeks ago, the Royal Ballet announced that principal dancer Leanne Benjamin would be retiring at the end

Midnight Express, Peter Schaufuss Ballet, London Coliseum

Yok is a fine Turkish word meaning “there isn’t any”. You use it for “no”, as in, say - is Midnight Express any good? Yok.

The National Ballet of Canada: Romeo & Juliet - Sadler's Wells

Canada’s premier dance company The National Ballet of Canada returns to London after 26 years with its new production of Romeo and Juliet, which was created in 2011 to mark the company’s 60th anniversary. Choreographed by former Bolshoi Ballet dire

Review: Peter Schaufuss Ballet - Midnight Express - London Coliseum

It was fortuitously appropriate that the first person I met on arrival at the London Coliseum for this performance was Billy Hayes, the man whose real-life adventure inspires the story of Midnight Express.

Dance review: The Rite of Spring & Petrushka Sadler’s Wells, London

Staged by Irish choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan for Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, The Rite of Spring suggests a late and shivery spring, rather like this year

La Bayadère; Midnight Express – review

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good. So far, April has been marked by substitutions, injury and last-minute departures. At Covent Garden, Alina Cojocaru's indisposition meant that her role in La Bayadère was taken at short notice by Roberta Marqu

La Bayadère; Midnight Express – review

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good. So far, April has been marked by substitutions, injury and last-minute departures. At Covent Garden, Alina Cojocaru's indisposition meant that her role in La Bayadère was taken at short notice by Roberta Marqu