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Opera
Tickets for the ROH hit-packed Spring period are now on sale. Here are some of the highlights
Tried and Tested
Dance
Works by The Royal Ballet’s founder choreographer Frederick Ashton and its youngest, Liam Scarlett – The Two Pigeons/Asphodel Meadows – make for a thrilling programme at the Royal Opera House
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Dance
BBC Four has a very special Christmas Day present for its viewers: a broadcast of the Royal Ballet’s sumptuous new production of Swan Lake with a stellar cast
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Dance
Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Laura Morera talks to Culture Whisper, as she prepares to debut in the complex Chekhovian role of Masha in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Winter Dreams
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Dance
It’s official! Christmas started on Monday, 3 December, with the first performance of the Royal Ballet’s magical The Nutcracker at Covent Garden relayed to almost 1,000 cinemas in 50 countries.
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Dance
Musical works never before set to dance come together with new choreographies in an enticing programme at the ROH’s Linbury Theatre, New Work, New Music
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Enjoy skating moves and fantastical drama from the dancers, and the music of Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Janáček from the singers
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Dance
Royal Ballet School students join The Royal Ballet for a programme including the premiere of a new work from Liam Scarlett, and a reprise of Ashton's The Two Pigeons
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Themes
There will be Nutcrackers aplenty, but more than that, Christmas Dance 2018 celebrates winter in all its forms. Here are the key shows for London families
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Dance
The Royal Ballet revives two contrasting works from Wayne McGregor and George Balanchine to frame the world premiere of a new ballet by Alastair Marriott
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Dance
The Royal Ballet dances a tale of love, murder and vengeful judgement by the gods as the exotic 19th Century Russian ballet La Bayadère returns to London
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Dance
Mayerling, Kenneth MacMillan’s potent real-life tale of love, lust and death, returns to Covent Garden as part of the Royal Ballet’s autumn season
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Dance
The Royal Ballet has programmed a series of Insight events to complement its brand new production of Swan Lake
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Dance
The Royal Ballet’s much anticipated new production of Swan Lake – its first in 30 years – comes to the Royal Opera House soon
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Dance
Tickets for the Royal Ballet's 2018/19 Live Cinema Relays go on sale on 4th April. They sell out quickly, so don't delay booking!
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Dance
On the centenary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein, his daughter Nina remembers a musician who ‘lived many lives in one' and left behind a tremendous legacy
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Dance
As they prepare to debut in a principal ballet role in The Winter’s Tale, Reece Clarke and Matthew Ball talk to Culture Whisper about the complex figure of Polixenes
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Dance
Go behind the scenes with the Royal Ballet’s Insights programme for an illuminating look at what goes into making memorable performances
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Dance
The Royal Ballet’s last mixed bill of the current season consists of three strongly contrasting works with something for everyone
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Dance
The enthralling ballerina Zenaida Yanowsky returns to the stage in Elizabeth, choreographer Will Tuckett’s reading of the life of Queen Elizabeth I
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Dance
The Royal Ballet unites all three of its associate choreographers for a triple bill celebrating the centenary year of American composer Leonard Bernstein’s birth
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Dance
The amorous adventures of the gods will be depicted through dance when The Royal Ballet presents Frederick Ashton’s opulently-staged Sylvia
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Kids
Primary schoolchildren throughout Britain are in for a treat, when a special BBC programme inspired by the Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker is streamed live to schools in November
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Dance
The Royal Ballet presents an intriguing triple bill that brings together the contrasting talents of Twyla Tharp, Arthur Pita and Hofesh Shechter
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Dance
Two short homage works conclude the Royal Ballet’s celebration of choreographer Kenneth MacMillan on the 25th anniversary of his death
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It's just been announced that Sergei Polunin has pulled out of two Covent Garden dates where he was due to return to the Royal Ballet to dance with Natalia Osipova
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Many of Britain’s top dancers come together for an unforgettable evening to support and divulge the work of One Dance UK
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The Royal Ballet kicks off its autumn season with a mighty treat for adults and children alike: Christopher Wheeldon's zany treatment of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland