Review: GISELLE, Royal Ballet And Opera
by Matthew Paluch - February 16, 2026
Giselle is a difficult ballet to get right. The balance between the “reality” of Act 1 and the Gothic otherworldlyness of Act 2 can be extremely hard to find, and the responsibility falls on all those involved.
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Review: CHICOS MAMBO: TUTU, Sadler's Wells East
by Franco Milazzo - February 12, 2026
Philippe Lafeuille’s TUTU arrives at the Peacock with the air of a sugar rush and the spine of a manifesto. Beneath the sequins, beneath the tulle, beneath the knowing smirk, there is something else at work: lineage....
Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER at Warner Theatre
by Audrey Cahak - February 12, 2026
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater kicked off a 20-city tour with 11 shows at the Warner Theatre. Every night held its own program full of instantly iconic world premieres and everlasting repertoire favorites. ...
Review: PIERROT LUNAIRE, Royal Ballet And Opera - Linbury Theatre
by Matthew Paluch - February 11, 2026
Marcelino Sambé currently stars in the revival of Glen Tetley’s Pierrot Lunaire at the Royal Ballet and Opera's Linbury Theatre and is supported by a very strong cast of Mayara Magri and Matthew Ball. And an even stronger presence in the soprano Alexandra Lowe.
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Review: EUGENE ONEGIN at San Francisco Ballet
by Jim Munson - January 26, 2026
San Francisco Ballet is kicking off its 2026 repertory season with the massively ambitious world premiere of Yuri Possokhov’s Eugene Onegin. It’s a tall order to create a full-length contemporary classical ballet to compete with the warhorses we’ve seen a zillion times, but SFB has given it th...
Review: SWAN LAKE at Strathmore
by Audrey Cahak - January 22, 2026
Classical Arts Entertainment is on their annual North American tour and stopped by Strathmore on January 17th for a glitzy, glamorous rendition of Swan Lake, where the set pieces, principal dancers, and costumes shone like snow in moonlight. ...
Review: WOOLF WORKS, Royal Ballet And Opera
by Matthew Paluch - January 19, 2026
Sir Wayne McGregor is a titan of the dance world - and a divisive one. For some he's the next Messiah, for others, the Emperor's new clothes. Normally I'm veering towards the latter, but his 2015 triptych Woolf Works is perhaps his most successful work to date.
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Review: AKRAM KHAN'S GISELLE, London Coliseum
by Vikki Jane Vile - January 16, 2026
It’s only four days since the sugar rush of Aaron S. Watkin’s Nutcracker wrapped up a run of forty performances. Frothy and colourful, it is in stark contrast to Akram Khan’s Giselle...