The Opera House's new season continues with a joyful celebration of Kenneth MacMillan, seeing the Royal Ballet joined by the country's other top companies for a rare spectacle.
Ahead of World Dance Day, children auditioned for the Birmingham Royal Ballet's The Nutcracker yesterday, which will be at the Royal Albert Hall from 28-31 December.
World Ballet Day 2017 will take place tomorrow, October 5. For a fourth year in a row The Royal Ballet, The Australian Ballet, The Bolshoi Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, and The San Francisco Ballet will partner to showcase the wonders of ballet dancing, as well as a behind the scenes look at life in some of the world's top ballet companies.
Jessica Lang Dance (JLD) announces 2017-18 Season including performances in NYC, national and international touring, and new community programming.
To celebrate the return of award-winning one-act ballet 'Still Life' at the Penguin Caf this September, Birmingham Royal Ballet have taken a bold step forward into the digital world with the introduction of Augmented Reality posters in and around popular wildlife sites in the West Midlands.
Jessica Lang Dance (JLD) announces 2017-18 Season including performances in NYC, national and international touring, and new community programming.
Due to Hurricane Harvey, Houston Ballet is unable to perform the opening two productions at the company's home venue. However, Houston Ballet is pleased to report that select performances of fall programming have been rescheduled at THE HOBBY CENTER - SAROFIM HALL. For a limited time on October 26 and 27 at The Hobby Center, Houston Ballet will perform an exhilarating mixed repertory program, Poetry in Motion, featuring a collection of three works that reflect different traditions and expressions in ballet.
On Friday 18 August Rambert, Britain's national dance company, return to the stage at the National Theatre following the hugely successful take over at last year's River Stage Festival. Join Rambert for an eclectic range of free performances from the world of contemporary dance.
Following sell out shows at The Lowry and the Clore Studio at London's Royal Opera House, Chester based Fallen Angels Dance Theatre is currently in rehearsals for Hell can wait, a brand new dance theatre production that retells stories of addiction and recovery.
Opening Friday, 28th of July 2017 for two performances, the International Intensive Summer Showcase brings to the Sarasota stage works by Marius Petipa, Antony Tudor, Sir Matthew Bourne, L.Lavrosky and Arthur St. Leon.
Elmhurst Ballet School, in collaboration with University of Wolverhampton and in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet, is at the forefront of research in dance science and is pioneering ways for dancers to avoid injury by introducing ground-breaking fitness and rehabilitation techniques.
Elmhurst Ballet School, in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet, announces details of its graduate destinations for 2017.
After nearly 20 years leading the internationally focused Lincoln Center Festival, Director Nigel Redden announced today that the 2017 Festival will be his last. He will step down in September to concentrate on the artistic expansion of the annual Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina, where he serves as general director, as well as other global artistic projects.
On Tuesday 27 June, Birmingham Royal Ballet present Ballet? What's That? at Parson Street Primary School. This special lecture-demonstration is a fun and friendly way to find out what ballet is all about.
Five free weekends of the best and brightest entertainment from some of the UK's leading arts and culture organisations will once again arrive at London's South Bank this summer; The Glory, HOME, Manchester, WOMAD, Rambert and the National Theatre each 'take over' the River Stage for a weekend throughout July and August.
Sheep-racing through the streets of Southside, Maypole Dancing with a contemporary twist, a farm constructed entirely from cardboard and a 'clucking' chorus line of ballet-dancing chickens…these were just some of the highlights from this year's scorching Summer in Southside festival which took place at Birmingham Hippodrome on Sat 17 & Sun 18 June.
For its 30th Anniversary Season, The National Youth Ballet of Great Britain ("The NYB") will present Time in Motion, a mixed programme of ballets choreographed by some of the UKs most eminent professionals and rising talents, performed by a company of young dancers aged 8-18 from across the UK.
“A prolific choreographer of skillfully constructed dances that respectfully mesh with music and striking visual design” (The New Yorker), Jessica Lang and her company return to Jacob's Pillow for the ensemble's first Ted Shawn Theatre engagement, July 5-9. In addition to a Pillow-commissioned world premiere work, the program includes Lang's Thousand Yard Stare, a dance embodying the incredible pride and honor as well as the searing loss experienced by military veterans. The program will also include the East Coast and company premiere of Lang's Lyric Pieces as well as Solo Bach, Sweet Silent Thought, and The Calling. This season, the Pillow has formed a partnership with the Tanglewood Music Center, whereby Tanglewood Fellows and alumni will be providing the music accompaniment for this engagement.
Birmingham Hippodrome's annual free festival Summer in Southside returns on Sat 17 & Sun 18 June with country capers, animal encounters and free farmyard fun presented by local, national and international artists.
From tonight, May 25, through June 4, Houston Ballet presents the North American Premiere of David Bintley's magical ballet, The Tempest. In celebration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, Mr. Bintley has created a fantastical production based on The Bard's well-known play. Scroll down for a look at the dancers in action!
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