Review: A CENTENARY CELEBRATION, Royal Ballet & Opera
by Matthew Paluch - Oct 9, 2026
The Royal Ballet season opens on the main stage with a special programme: A Centenary Celebration. 100 years ago Ninette de Valois founded The Academy of Choreographic Art, and the rest is history. What followed was The Royal Ballet School and two companies. So sitting in the Royal Ballet and Opera in 2026 watching a performance that includes the RBS, Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet is indeed an experience to behold.
Review: MARIANELA-TIMELESS, Royal Ballet And Opera
by Matthew Paluch - Jul 30, 2026
When you look at the casting of Marianela - Timeless, it seems there's been a mistake. Surely Núñez isn't actually doing four different pieces? Two being grand pas de deux and one a 35 minute dramatic ballet?
Review: LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE, Royal Ballet And Opera
by Matthew Paluch - Oct 2, 2025
Narrative ballet is hard, so anyone willing to go there deserves a medal regardless of the outcome. The Royal Ballet (mainstage) season opened last night with Christopher Wheeldon's 2022 Like Water for Chocolate. Based on the 1989 Laura Esquivel novel of the same name, the ballet is fundamentally a love story, and includes all the trials and tribulations that often come with it - with a heavy dose of mysticism and culinary explorations.
Ballet Nights To Celebrate 2nd Anniversary With BOUND IN MOTION At Cadogan Hall
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 21, 2025
Ballet Nights will celebrate its second anniversary with BOUND IN MOTION at Cadogan Hall on September 10–11, 2025. The programme features Royal Ballet stars Fumi Kaneko and Vadim Muntagirov in Balanchine’s Apollo, alongside English National Ballet principals, flamenco artists Andrés Barrios and El Yiyo, and Ballet D’Jerri.
Review: ONEGIN, Royal Ballet And Opera
by Matthew Paluch - Jun 2, 2025
John Cranko's Onegin returns to the Royal Ballet and Opera stage for a second block of shows this season, and it's largely good news for all involved.
Review: BALANCHINE: THREE SIGNATURE WORKS, Royal Ballet And Opera
by Matthew Paluch - Mar 31, 2025
The Royal Ballet continue The Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival with Balanchine: Three Signature Works. And the triple bill is also an excuse to celebrate Patricia Neary. Neary has been setting Balanchine works for 57 years, and been a member of the RB family for a long time. This programme is her final one in London, and she'll be missed by all, as her staging capabilities speak for themselves.
Review: ROMEO AND JULIET, Royal Ballet And Opera
by Vikki Jane Vile - Mar 5, 2025
Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet continues to enjoy endless popularity, this being its third run by the Royal Ballet since 2019, but when the results are as good, there’s no reason why not. The depth and quality in the ranks was evident as the cast relished the challenges of the Covent Garden signature work.