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Ballet

Midnight Express - The Coliseum

Olivier and Evening Standard award winning dancer, director and choreographer Peter Schaufuss presents the UK Premiere of his acclaimed ballet Midnight Express, an original production based on Billy Hayes’s bestselling 1977 book. Following the contro

Front Row: Tamara Rojo; James Blake; The Place Beyond the Pines

Dancer Tamara Rojo; musician James Blake; The Place Beyond the Pines starring Ryan Gosling.

Russian 'superstar' ballerina Natalia Osipova to join The Royal Ballet

The Royal Ballet has secured one of Russia’s “superstar” ballerinas, with the appointment of Natalia Osipova to join the company.

La Bayadère, Royal Ballet, review

The Royal Ballet's production of La Bayadère had moments of astounding beauty, but sparks failed to fly between the leads, says Mark Monahan.

La Bayadere, Royal Opera House, London

Although injury meant Alina Cojocaru missed her scheduled performance of the lead role in the first night of the current run of La Bayadere, Roberta Marquez was an apt replacement.

My First Cinderella, Rapunzel and Mikhailovsky Ballet, review

Move over, Angelina Ballerina: Louise Levene on My First Cinderella

My First Cinderella, Rapunzel and Mikhailovsky Ballet, review

Move over, Angelina Ballerina: Louise Levene on My First Cinderella

Royal Ballet: La Bayadère – review

It was set to be the ballerina face-off of the season: Alina Cojocaru's fierce, saintly Nikiya pitched against Marianela Núñez's wickedly entitled Gamzatti. So, inevitably there were disappointed fans when injury forced Cojocaru to withdraw from the ope

Mikhailovsky Ballet: Don Quixote; Laurencia - review

Coliseum, London On Thursday a great silence settled over London's dance world. For 10 days we'd been in the grip of Hurricane Natalia, and then suddenly she was gone and we were left dazedly trying to reshape our certainties. London has seen Natalia Os

Mikhailovsky Ballet: Don Quixote; Laurencia - review

Coliseum, London On Thursday a great silence settled over London's dance world. For 10 days we'd been in the grip of Hurricane Natalia, and then suddenly she was gone and we were left dazedly trying to reshape our certainties. London has seen Natalia Os