Cesar Corrales News

This Spring, join The Royal Ballet for its sumptuous production of Swan Lake, returning to the Royal Opera House after its 2020 revival was cut short due to the pandemic.  

The Royal Opera House's international Cinema Season will open on Thursday 9 December 2021 with Peter Wright's spectacular production of The Nutcracker. A festive favourite for the whole family, the production will be relayed live from 7:15 pm to over 700 cinemas in 12 countries around the world.  

The Royal Ballet invites you to celebrate Christmas with their magical production of The Nutcracker, created for The Royal Ballet by Peter Wright in 1984. The festive favourite returns to the Royal Opera House on 23 November, with celebrations that week to commemorate Peter Wright's 95th Birthday (25 November).  

The most famous ballet of the Romantic era and a significant work in The Royal Ballet's repertory: Peter Wright's hallmark production of Giselle returns to the Royal Opera House this November with a special digital stream on 3 December. 

The most famous ballet of the Romantic era and a significant work in The Royal Ballet's repertory: Peter Wright's hallmark production of Giselle returns to the Royal Opera House this November with a special digital stream on 3 December. 

Real-life partners Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales turn star-crossed lovers in Kenneth MacMillan's definitive staging of Sergey Prokofiev's ballet

This October The Royal Ballet returns for its first full Season in 18 months with a Season featuring world premieres of Wayne McGregor’s The Dante Project, Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate, a new work by Kyle Abraham as well as classics including Giselle, The Nutcracker and Swan Lake. 

The Royal Opera House is one week away from the start of its first full Season since 2019, opening its doors to the public every day from 12pm and premiering with The Royal Opera’s spectacular new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto on September 13 and, for The Royal Ballet, a sumptuous performance of Kenneth MacMillan’s much-loved production of Romeo and Juliet on 5 October.  

The Royal Ballet celebrates the rich history of American ballet in classic works by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, two choreographic giants of the 20th century.  Balanchine and Robbins open's on 4 June and is live streamed on 11 June at 7.30pm priced £16.

The Royal Ballet celebrates the rich history of American ballet in classic works by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, two choreographic giants of the 20th century.  Balanchine and Robbins open's on 4 June and is live streamed on 11 June at 7.30pm priced £16.

Director of The Royal Ballet Kevin O'Hare today announces promotions for The Royal Ballet's 2020/21 Season and the forthcoming 2021/22 Season.

This latest gala from the Royal Ballet had been planned to be performed in front of a live and appreciative audience, drinking in their first in-person, post lockdown performance. Alas, the stars did not align, but the tenacity of the Opera house team means this “all guns blazing” display is still a joy to watch online. 

The Royal Ballet returned to the stage for the first time in seven months on Friday night. Yes, I could contextualise about how this was bitter sweet and dampened by social distancing but, the dance was too stupendous to give any time to that so let's not and just marvel about how wonderful it was to see them again. 

This week the Royal Opera House has announced in partnership with The Luna Drive In Cinema, broadcasts of four Royal Opera House favourites at iconic drive-in cinema locations around the country.

Every theatre has a 'ghost light'. A light that is left on when the theatre is empty for the resident ghost, but mainly to make sure that those who are first in or last out do not fall off the edge of the stage. It's reassuring to think that no theatre ever goes dark, but you could not help but be moved by the shots of dark emptiness within London's vast Royal Opera House as they screened their first live performance since the shutdown of all theatres and live venues across the country.

Rudolf Nureyev created his version of Romeo and Juliet back in 1977 for what was then called the London Festival Ballet. He commissioned a Russian translation of Shakespeare's play, wanting to use the language to inspire the movement. The result is a cinematic, dark and accurate representation of the turmoil and passion of the characters and their tragic story.

Admirably enhancing their “at home” offering, in addition to regular live streams of company class and chair-based dance classes for those with limited mobility, English National Ballet now bring us Wednesday Watchalongs, a weekly opportunity to experience key work from their back-catalogue for no extra cost.

As a response to the high demand for online training for ballet dancers because of today's current environment, Universal Ballet Competition responded quickly and gathered acclaimed Master Teachers in the industry.

The first mixed bill of the season sees the Royal Ballet celebrate a diverse cross-section of 1960s productions - from the clean and tightly choreographed Concerto, to the luscious opulence of Raymonda Act III (so commonly seen as a standalone piece). The two are separated by some picture-perfect Ashtonian charm with Enigma Variations.

Now in its 10th year, English National Ballet's Emerging Dancer competition returned to Sadler's Wells on 7 May 7 with six finalists, all members of ENB's corps de ballet, competing for the title.