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Truth in a barrel in Mayerling

08.10.09
The Royal Ballet performs its first performance after the summer break and Kenneth MacMillan's brilliance shows through.... more

Helen Hamlyn is the lady of the first night

08.10.09
Helen Hamlyn talks about reviving her late husband’s scheme to make the Royal Opera House affordable for first-timers.... more

Opening this week

28.09.09
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus has its premiere in Leicester Square and The Power of Yes comes to the National.... more

Will Alice be weird in Wonderland?

19.08.09
The world's hottest choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon, is to make a full-length ballet for Covent Garden out of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland... more

Tired Carlos Acosta can make the heart leap

24.07.09
Carlos Acosta arrived on the dance scene a decade ago, and there’s been unreserved raving ever since.... more

Small reward from Adventures in Motion

07.07.09
You come away from Adventures in Motion feeling that there aren't hordes of choreographers banging on Arcola's doors.... more

Royal Ballet misses the wild magic of Isadora

12.03.09
With so few new productions at The Royal Ballet, Isadora feels like a missed opportunity. No such thought with Dances At A Gathering.... more

Try this idea for dim pupils – what have we got to lose?

10.03.09
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Manon is late show of virtuosity

05.01.09
There were huge cheers as the curtain came down, and rarely have they felt so poignant as in English National Ballet's Manon.... more

Sleeping Beauty is pretty pantomime

04.12.08
English National Ballet began its Christmas stint at the Coliseum with Kenneth MacMillan’s version of The Sleeping Beauty.... more

Restraint and innocence in Ondine

01.12.08
You half think the Opera House big-wigs doubt Ondine’s appeal for audiences, yet within minutes of the curtain you are captivated.... more

Manon strives for perfection

13.10.08
Manon is a risk-taker's ballet. There has to be abandon in the duets MacMillan created for Manon and her lover Des Grieux.... more

25 events to raise your spirits this autumn

24.09.08
Something might be rotten in the City but in London’s arts world there’s plenty to be upbeat about. Here’s our pick of must-sees to brighten up longer nights... more

Love at first night

27.05.08
Marianela Nunez and Thiago Soares had a good stab at portraying Romeo and Juliet's love story when they made their joint debut in the ballet.... more

Acid house at the opera house?

01.04.08
Wayne McGregor plays mind games with his dance creations at Sadler's Wells and now he is at the heart of plans to pull the cool crowd into Covent Garden. ... more

Boy meets girl ballet

26.03.08
The Stuttgart dancers move well despite being artistically immature and sticking strictly to the boy-meets-girl interpretation of Romeo and Juliet, says Sarah Frater.... more

Where are the modern classics?

19.03.08
The New York City Ballet dancers make some interesting shapes but there is not enough emotional shading in their latest production.... more

Ballet, reduced and raw

19.02.08
This short ballet choreographed by Wayne McGregor paints with its absences to focus all attention on the dancers.... more

Grace and fervour

04.02.08
Arguably, this triple bill from the Royal Ballet is rather too successful at making ballet's case as an artistic heavy-hitter, says Sarah Frater.... more

Subversive lark loses its novelty

20.12.07
Back in 2002 there was a lurid allure in Gerald Scarfe's wacky designs, but, five years on the novelty has most definitely worn off this Nutcracker by the English National Ballet.... more

Odd mixed bag makes this a borderline case

16.11.07
Galas can be good fun and even if they're not, knowing it's all for a Cause will usually win you over. But it was borderline at the Royal Opera House Gala, says Sarah Frater.... more

Triumph for young love

17.10.07
Steven McRae steals the show as the last-minute replacement for the injured Johan Kobborg in the Royal Ballet's Romeo and Juliet.... more

Edward the transgressor

15.10.07
Twelve years since David Bintley first made Edward II, it looks indecisive and feels comically lurid and sentimental, says Sarah Frater.... more

A superhero in tights

18.09.07
Stronger than a rhino, according to the Royal Ballet's controversial advertisement, the dazzling Ed Watson says, dancing is like running a marathon every day.... more

Bussell's brilliant swansong

04.06.07
Darcey Bussell left the audience agog at her still-lustrous technique and late-flowering emotional depth during this triple bill at the Royal Opera House.... more

Darcey bows out gracefully

16.05.07
As fans struggle to accept Darcey Bussell is leaving The Royal Ballet, the ballerina says she'll miss the limelight as she performs her farewell show.... more

Near-naked ambition from Royal Ballet

27.04.07
A barely-clothed Seven Deadly Sins raises the eyebrows in this triple bill from the Royal Ballet. But Sarah Frater isn't sure if it really works.... more

Highs and lows of Mayerling

10.04.07
Edward Watson makes a hugely assured debut dancing Crown Prince Rudolf - the most demanding male lead in all classical ballet - in Kenneth MacMillan's Mayerling.... more

Dazzling in despair

19.03.07
Superb dancing from Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg did not so much set Covent Garden alight, as burnt down most of the West End, says Sarah Frater.... more

The apple of Adam's eye

06.03.07
Even by the currently stellar standards of The Royal Ballet, Steven McRae jumps out. Sarah Frater was captivated by his pin-perfect dancing and distinctive looks.... more

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