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New dance pieces in the best possible taste but lacking variety and excitement
‘You need to look graceful, not like you’re trying really hard’ — the former Royal Ballet principal puts Griselda Murray Brown through her ‘pliés’
A commanding performance from Natalia Osipova in MacMillan’s ballet
‘I’m driven by how it feels when you realise all the rehearsals were worth it’
Birmingham Royal Ballet captures all the comedy and virtuosity of John Cranko’s 1969 ballet
A new work by Wayne McGregor plus pieces by MacMillian and Wheeldon made for a satisfying sandwich
Liam Scarlett’s vivid new ballet explores the story of Frankenstein and his deranged Creature
Christopher Wheeldon’s new dance piece says little about its protagonists or their world
Alexei Ratmansky’s ‘reconstruction’ of the ballet is an overwhelming success
Carlos Acosta, making his Covent Garden farewell, is a tour de force in Will Tuckett’s dance-drama
This essential Yuletide ballet is superbly staged and danced
It is a perfect work of balletic art, ideal in size and blessed with an elegantly melodious score by André Messager
A triple bill that revealed the ambitions of Ballett am Rhein director Martin Schäpfler
Orwell’s novel makes a successful transition to the stage thanks to expressive dance language
Acosta and Zenaida Yanowsky are both in great shape, but the material is as monochrome as the staging
Sylvie Guillem, Royal Ballet and The Car Man
Ashton’s masterpiece was loved and illuminated by dancers who performed it with evident delight
More than 60 works to be staged, including premiere of Haas’s ‘Morgen und Abend’
Masterpieces bookend a bombastic and anguish-filled new work by Hofesh Shechter
‘As a principal dancer you have to start over in life. I’d be happy to start again,’ says the Royal Ballet director
Royal Ballet and Richard Alston Dance Company
An evening of apprentice works suffered from a lack of direction and unhelpful staging
Natalia Osipova gave an unforgettable, truthful performance as Tatiana
Wim Vandekeybus, Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet
An uneven performance was lit up by Vadim Muntagirov’s Lensky and Marianela Núñez’s Tatiana
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