David Dawson News

The National Ballet of Canada will perform for the first time at St. Catharines' FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre as part of the company's 75th anniversary Sharing the Stage initiative.

English National Ballet’s season opener, R:Evolution offers up a varied set of challenges for the company, taking us back to the 1940s with George Balanchine and Martha Graham, to the present day with William Forsythe and David Dawson.

The National Ballet of Canada Principal Dancers Heather Ogden, Genevieve Penn Nabity and Ben Rudisin will perform at the prestigious Tivoli International Ballet Gala – A Celebration of Dance at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark from August 28 to 30. 

Internationally acclaimed choreographer David Dawson has been appointed Resident Choreographer at the National Ballet following the North American premiere of his work, The Four Seasons. 

Elizabeth Debicki, Kate Fleetwood, David Ajala, and Mirren Mack join Ewan McGregor to complete the cast of My Master Builder - a new play by American playwright and screenwriter Lila Raicek.

Single tickets for The National Ballet of Canada’s 2024/25 season are now available for purchase. The season will feature the North American premiere of David Dawson’s The Four Seasons and more. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The Next Generation Festival continues at the Royal Opera House with Rambert School. The programme includes six new commissions for the third-year, graduate students, and the restaging of three Akram Khan works for the second-years.

Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced promotions for the 2024/25 season: Hannah Galway to First Soloist and Emerson Dayton, Keaton Leier and Issac Wright to Second Soloist.

Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, in partnership with Tamara Rojo, Artistic Director of San Francisco Ballet, have announced that Harrison James will perform as a Principal Dancer with both companies in the 2024/25 season.  

Originally scheduled in 2020, the world’s most famous ballet, Swan Lake, performed by Scotland’s national dance company, returns in April.

Dance On Camera and Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) present the 52nd edition of the Dance on Camera Festival from February 9 to 12, 2024.

The complete cast has been set for the world premiere of Sugar Hill: The Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

LALLET NIGHTS 2023 launched with a smash-hit programme in September featuring stars from Britain's biggest ballet companies, fast-rising talent, and live music. Programme 002 is on October 27th and 28th at LANTERNS STUDIO THEATRE at 7.30pm-9.45pm.

Tickets from just £35 for English National Ballet - Our Voices. Three works celebrating classical, contemporary and neo-classical dance – this programme is not to be missed. 

English National Ballet presents three works celebrating classical, contemporary and neo-classical dance-tickets from just £18

The world première of Marcelo Dos Santos' new play Backstairs Billy looks at a pivotal moment in the 50 year relationship between the Queen Mother and her loyal servant William “Billy” Tallon.

MAD HOT BALLET: Deco-Danse raised over $1 million. The annual fundraising gala took place on June 6 in Toronto at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.

The Dutch, or more precisely the Netherlandish, School was a style in 15th and 16th century painting represented by the van Eyck brothers, Rogier van der Weyden and Dieric Bouts, artists mainly based in Flandres.

​​​​​​​Chicago Dancers United, which supports the health and wellness of Chicago's professional dance community, announces the program for its 32nd annual fundraiser, Dance for Life, which takes place Saturday, August 19 at 6 p.m. at the Auditorium Theatre

Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, announced the repertoire for MAD HOT BALLET: Deco-Danse. The company’s annual million-dollar fundraising gala takes place on June 6 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto.