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October 2024

  • Anna Rose O’Sullivan and William Bracewell in Pam Tanowitz’s Or Forevermore.(Opening 22-10-24) ©Tristram Kenton 10-24 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com

    Royal Ballet: Encounters; Birmingham Royal Ballet: Luna review – the moon and mischief

    Pam Tanowitz’s witty subversion of classical dance is the highlight of a richly varied Royal Ballet mixed bill, while BRB’s moon-based fare feels a little more earthbound
  • Blocky and angular … Or Forevermore by Pam Tanowitz.

    Encounters: Royal Ballet review – classic hip-hop, Spider-Man antics and whip-smart satire

    From the flowing beauty of Kyle Abraham to the choppy poker-faced humour of Pam Tanowitz, these four contemporary ballets are excellently danced
  • Two male ballet dancers leap during a performance.

    Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada review – dreamscapes and new realities

    Christopher Wheeldon’s international hit returns home as thrilling as ever. Plus: three contrasting works by the National Ballet of Canada

September 2024

  • Alice curtseys while the queen peers down from atop a giant red plastic ballgown

    Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland review – all stops are pulled out for Wheeldon ballet

  • Joseph Sissens

    Ballet star Joseph Sissens: ‘I’d be in this world of gross privilege, and then I’d go visit my brother in prison’

June 2024

  • ‘Yasmine has an athlete’s mindset – very sharp, very powerful’ … Yasmine Naghdi and Britt Tajet-Foxell.

    ‘If you slip, it hurts your soul’: the ballerina who asked a sports psychologist for coaching

    Huge audiences and even larger livestreams are putting a whole new type of pressure on dancers. Yasmine Naghdi, principal of the Royal Ballet, tells us how Britt Tajet-Foxell fixed more than just her fouettés
  • Reece Clarke and Marianela Nuñez in Les Rendezvous

    Ashton Celebrated review – Royal Ballet turns traditional into timeless

    Frederick Ashton’s musicality, footwork and storytelling are showcased in a programme of gracefully danced favourites
  • Sparkling repartee … Harrison Lee, Isabella Gasparini and Leo Dixon in Les Rendezvous.

    The Royal Ballet: Ashton Celebrated review – a world where everything is just delightful

    Launching a four-year celebration of Frederick Ashton’s genteel ‘English style’, this triple bill is full of refined beauty and pleasure – though with athleticism visible below the surface

May 2024

  • Ed Larkin and Jonny Amies in The Little Big Things.

    The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: The Little Big Things, David Tennant in Good and more

    Musicals, Shakespeare and multiple versions of Nick Payne’s multiverse drama Constellations are among May’s digital theatre highlights

April 2024

  • OA Tales of Hoffman<br>Tales of Hoffman; Opera Australia; Dress Rehearsal; July 2023

    Royal Ballet and Opera announces ambitious new season – and name change

    2024-25 programme includes premieres of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s opera Festen and Wayne McGregor’s Margaret Atwood ballet MaddAddam
  • the dancers of Shechter II in From England With Love.

    Hofesh Shechter: From England With Love; International Draft Work – review

    Shechter’s young dancers thrill in his hellish vision of England. Elsewhere, emerging choreographers from Brno to Birmingham showcase short works
  • Marianela Nunez and Vadim Muntagirov in Swan Lake by the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House

    Swan Lake; Danses Concertantes/Different Drummer/Requiem – review

    The Royal Ballet’s long-running and rather cumbersome Swan Lake is elevated by the dancers’ artistry, while a fine Kenneth MacMillan triple bill deserves more performances

February 2024

  • Francesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé in Manon.

    Manon review – Kenneth MacMillan’s 50-year-old masterpiece still bewitches

    The Royal Ballet revisits the choreographer’s timeless rags-to-riches work, putting assorted casts through its finely tuned emotional wringer
  • Literally stretching his cast … Never Known by Joshua Junker at the Festival of New Choreography by the Royal Ballet.

    Festival of New Choreography review – the Royal Ballet spreads its wings

    Impressive new work from Joshua Junker and Mthuthuzeli November pushes dancers well beyond the classical repertoire
  • Joseph Sissens rehearsing Dark With Excessive Bright at Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House

    Dark With Excessive Bright: the Royal Ballet’s giant leap into immersive dance – in pictures

    The Royal Opera House’s Linbury theatre will be transformed for Canadian choreographer Robert Binet’s new show, where the audience can roam freely. Take a first look

January 2024

  • Two of the Royal Ballet’s strongest actors … Gary Avis and Francesca Hayward in Manon at the Royal Opera House.

    Manon review – the Royal Ballet brings beauty to sordid snake pits of Paris

  • Vincent Van Gogh's Self-Portrait, 1889; Adrian Lester in Renegade Nell; Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie; Taylor Swift on stage; Matt Smith in An Enemy of the People; the Royal Ballet's Manon; New York City Ballet. Centre: Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal in All of Us Strangers

    2024 culture preview
    From Bong Joon-ho to Van Gogh: Observer critics’ culture highlights for 2024

December 2023

  • Christine Flores, Melissa Toogood, Victor Lozano, Maile Okamura, Zachary Gonder and company in Song of Songs by Pam Tanowitz and David Lang.

    Observer critics' review of 2023
    Dance: Sarah Crompton’s five best shows of 2023

    Tiler Peck breezed in, Carmen Herrera bowed out, Benji Reid made a dazzling return and Pam Tanowitz entranced
  • Rosie Sheehy in Machinal at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath.

    2023 in Culture
    Readers’ favourite stage shows of 2023

    This year, our readers were blown away by productions from Machinal to Free Your Mind – with one theatregoer returning to watch Groundhog Day four times
  • English National Ballet’s James Streeter as The Mouse King and Junor Sousa as the Nutcracker.

    The Nutcracker review – English National Ballet and the Royal Ballet’s annual festive face-off

    The two companies variously capture the Christmas classic’s glittering pleasures – and its narrative strangeness
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