December 14-15 2018 at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall | Featuring Sir Frederick Ashton’s ‘Les Patineurs’ and ‘Enigma Variations,’ and George Balanchine’s ‘Diamonds’. Continuing the program is ...

Birmingham Royal had a huge success at New York's celebration of Ashton choreography this summer. Birmingham Royal had a huge success at New York's celebration of Ashton choreography this summer. Back ...

THE original finale to Sir Edward Elgar's most popular work has been recorded - more than a century after its first performance. Worcestershire's famous son discarded the original ending to the ...

In its outer movements Concerto gives the whole company a good airing, and the corps its share of challenging steps at speed. It’s almost a relief, prompting laughter, when in the final movement, as ...

From The Royal Ballet’s classical origins in the works of Petipa, to the home-grown choreographers who put British ballet on the world stage, this mixed programme highlights the versatility of the ...

Mark Monahan never really stood a chance. In the Sixties, his mother danced for five years with what was then the Royal Ballet Touring Company; meanwhile, his father was the first and still ...

Carlos Acosta (pictured right, photo: Dee Conway) and Thiago Soares were the two soldiers, with Sarah Lamb their angel. Soares’s rusty, bloodied shapes were compelling; Acosta only slightly less so in ...