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Three-fold surprise from the Royal Ballet

05.11.09
The dancers are very good but everyone seems bemused by the choreography in the Royal Ballet's latest mixed bill.... more

Fairy tale return for Sarah Lamb in Sleeping Beauty

26.10.09
Given she’s been off injured for a year, Sarah Lamb understandably took things carefully in Sleeping Beauty.... more

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

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

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

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

Carlos and his amazing moves

01.04.08
Dressed in a loin cloth and with a knowing smile Carlos Acosta is joined by his friends from the Royal Ballet to put on a breathtaking show.... more

A near perfect princess

18.03.08
Undoubtedly one of the best, Tamara Rojo was almost perfect as Princess Aurora in the Royal Ballet production of Sleeping Beauty.... more

A lacklustre ballet

29.02.08
Christopher Wheeldon is a talented choreographer, but struggles when it comes to multimedia, as his new piece for the Royal Ballet's Mixed bill suggests.... more

Great Pall of China

25.02.08
The Shen Jun show is dated and sentimental, with comically bad compères, laughably awful film projections and dance routines that would make panto producers blush.... 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

George's gem still dazzles

26.11.07
However often you're told about George Balanchine being a genius, nothing quite prepares you for Jewels, says Sarah Frater.... 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

Alina is a woman transformed

20.11.06
Alina Cojocaru is a very special ballerina, but many feared she has been hampered by her restraint and delicacy. She answers her doubters in the Royal Ballet's Triple Bill, says Sarah Frater.... more

Great start to a leap year

06.10.06
The company shone as the Royal Ballet leapt into action at the start of its 2006/07 season. But it was the men, says Sarah Frater, who dominated.... more

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