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Dance 

An Evening with the Next Generation at the ROH Linbury Theatre brings together students and young dancers from the UK and Europe in an eclectic bill

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Dance 

Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate, adapted from Laura Esquivel’s best-selling Mexican family saga for The Royal Ballet, has had its world premiere at Covent Garden

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Dance 

Dance for all tastes in April

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Dance 

The American choreographer Kyle Abraham’s new work for The Royal Ballet, The Weathering, had its world premiere as part of a triple bill of contemporary work

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Dance 

Inevitably overshadowed by the war in Ukraine, The Royal Ballet’s sumptuous production of Swan Lake returned to the stage at Covent Garden

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Dance 

Wayne McGregor’s The Dante Project, a new ballet inspired by The Divine Comedy, will be available to stream on the Royal Opera House's digital platform

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Dance 

Alessandra Ferri mesmerises in L’Heure Exquise, a short work by Maurice Béjart based on Beckett’s Happy Days now at the ROH Linbury Theatre

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Dance 

The Royal Ballet has opened its first full season in almost two years with MacMillan’s rousing and heart-rending Romeo and Juliet

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Opera 

Tickets are now on sale to the general public for the Royal Opera House's first full season of ballet and opera since the start of the pandemic

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Dance 

The Royal Ballet’s last programme of the season, 'Beauty Bill', showcasing the excellence of its soloists and talented lower ranks, is livestreamed on 9 July

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Dance 

The Royal Ballet’s up-and-coming choreographer Valentino Zucchetti talks to Culture Whisper about his brand-new ballet Anemoi, which opens the company’s final programme of the season

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Dance 

The Royal Ballet streams Lyssa, a new short film choreographed by Lynne Page, featuring the company's female dancers and music by Nadine Shah

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Dance 

With Royal Opera House preparing to re-open its doors to live audiences, The Royal Ballet has announced an exciting programme of works for the spring season

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Dance 

Symphonic Variations, one of Frederick Ashton's most emblematic works, is the next streamed ballet in the ROH's programme of Friday Premieres

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Opera 

Good news at last: the Royal Opera House will open its doors on 17 May for a new season of live ballet and opera

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Dance 

The Royal Ballet brings a measure of jollity to the ROH #OurHouseToYourHouse streaming platform with Kenneth MacMillan's ragtime work Elite Syncopations

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The magic of Christmas is alive and well and dazzling audiences at the Royal Opera House in The Royal Ballet’s sparkling production of The Nutcracker

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Dance 

As The Nutcracker takes to the stage at Covent Garden, director of The Royal Ballet Kevin O'Hare talks to Culture Whisper about staging a Covid-compliant Christmas ballet

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Dance 

The Royal Ballet Live new programme, Within the Golden Hour, shows a company in glorious form determined to overcome the constraints of Covid

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Dance 

The Royal Ballet streams a recording of the Ashton signature ballet, Enigma Variations, as part of the ROH Friday premieres series

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Dance 

The Royal Ballet welcomed its first paying audience to the ROH with a mixed bill that offered a glimmer of light on the eve of renewed darkness

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Opera 

The Royal Opera House has announced its autumn programme, jam-packed with new opera and classic ballet, and available to live and online audiences

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Opera 

An operatic Italian double bill, a fresh take on a classic, and dance of intoxicating beauty are highlights from Covent Garden

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Opera 

The Royal Opera House has unveiled its autumn/winter programme of ballet and opera to be screened in cinemas worldwide

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Opera 

The ROH has announced two major opera and ballet events to be streamed live from its Covent Garden stage this autumn

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Opera 

Ballet and opera from the Royal Opera House will be available to view in drive-in cinemas around the UK this summer

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Opera 

The Royal Opera House’s second Live From Covent Garden event was an emotion-laden performance, bringing together a Mahler masterpiece and a short but dazzling ballet

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Dance 

The Royal Ballet’s The Metamorphosis, an adaptation of Franz Kafka’s harrowing novella, becomes available online this week as part of the ROH’s programme of free curated broadcasts

CANCELLED

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Dance 

Due to significant global travel disruption as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, The Royal Ballet has announced the cancellation of International Draft Works at the Linbury Theatre.

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Dance 

Choreographer Cathy Marston’s dramatic first work for the ROH’s main stage, The Cellist, is paired with Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering in the Royal Ballet’s new Double Bill

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Dance 

Acosta Danza’s Up Close is a mixed programme by Carlos Acosta’s superb company now installed at the ROH’s Linbury Theatre for a short residency

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Dance 

The Royal Ballet’s Spring Triple Bill brings together works by associate artists Wayne McGregor and Christopher Wheeldon, and a powerful vintage piece by George Balanchine