The Royal Ballet performed Ballo Della Regina for the first time on Friday night alongside a new work by resident choreographer Wayne McGregor who, by contrast, foregrounds ballet's difficulty... more
Even if you find the story silly, and the theatrics barely credible, both of which are easily done, the moment Sylvia leaps on the stage you are hooked... more
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
Coppélia is a posh panto, with hohum music and skippy-skippy dancing. And The Royal Ballet's production needs re-doing. But who cares, asks Sarah Frater?... more
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