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Following the sold-out performances of Lazuli Sky, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Birmingham Repertory Theatre are excited to…
La Biennale di Venezia announces that the Board of Directors has appointed the Artistic Directors…
As a longstanding patron of dance, fashion icon Gabrielle Chanel was a symbol of innovation,…
More great ballet news with the hugely anticipated return of English National Ballet to the…
The Royal Ballet announces that seven recently graduated dancers join the Company on 12-month, fixed…
While theatres in some countries are slowly starting opening their doors to visitors, for others…
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) has partnered with the V&A to co-curate a free…
I am so excited to announce the official launch of the Audition Educator! For the…
Due to the popularity of Royal Ballet School’s teacher training webinars during lockdown, they are…
Boston Ballet School (BBS) Director Margaret Tracey announces reopening plans for students. In-studio and virtual…
A tantalising short film featuring moments from Arthur Pita’s critically acclaimed ballet THE MOTHER starring Natalia Osipova and…
Akram Khan Company, one of the most innovative and internationally respected contemporary dance companies, will…
The National Ballet of Canada unveils the third and final Expansive Dances film, In Between by Choreographic…
Congratulations to Ivana Bueno, winner of English National Ballet’s 2020 Emerging Dancer Award. Ivana’s performances…
The Semperoper Ballett has announced the resumption of its series of gala events »Semper Essenz:…
The Royal Ballet is Back on Stage, returning for a special live-streamed celebration performance on Friday 9 October at 7.30pm. After…
Director Jun Bae’s Turf Nations follows the dance crew Turf Feinz, as they earn their…
Taught by Royal Ballet School artistic staff and guest teachers and open to students and…
Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announces the 2020–2021 season roster. A total of 60…
National Dance Company Wales (NDCWales) and English National Ballet’s Dance for Parkinson’s programme has been…
This summer The Royal Ballet, in partnership with Cast and Doncaster Council, set themselves a mission to get Doncaster Dancing. The special…
Wayne Eagling’s first piece for New English Ballet Theatre (NEBT) had its London premiere at the…
The National Ballet of Canada‘s virtual season continues with the second Expansive Dances film, Lulu by Choreographic…
After five months of lockdown and many hours of remote learning across its academic, artistic…
The Place, London’s pioneering hub for contemporary dance training, creation and performance, is immensely proud…
The Royal Opera House is proud to continue its curated #OurHouseToYourHouse programme into the autumn,…
The National Ballet of Canada launches its virtual season with Expansive Dances, three digital premieres…
Originally conceived in the early days of the pandemic, when it was deemed unimaginable, Lost Dog’s…
The National Ballet of Canada mourns the passing of former dancer and Senior Ballet Mistress Joanne…
Today the Royal Opera House is excited to announce its Autumn Winter 2020 Cinema Season, broadcasting…
On Sunday 23 August, in respect of International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave…
After six months of closure, the Royal Opera House is thrilled to be opening its…
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) has collaborated with Emma Watkins, best known as Emma…
English National Ballet announced its revised plans for Autumn 2020, as the Company’s previously scheduled performances have…
Culture Declares Emergency (CDE) issues an open letter to DCMS as part of its ‘Month…
English National Ballet School is delighted to announce that Viviana Durante will become Artistic Director…
Traditionally at the start of a new academic year, Elmhurst Ballet School welcomes the next…
Sadler’s Wells is delighted to welcome dancers back to its building for the first time since lockdown, with a special residency and sharing…
The Royal Opera House is delighted to announce two packed evenings of opera and ballet,…
Dutch National Ballet will open its doors again on 17 September and will be presenting…
New Adventures is thrilled to announce their latest digital endeavour, ADVENTURES IN FILM. This exciting new…
America’s leading Latino dance organization known for “piercing stereotypes” (The New York Times), presents Diálogos: Colorism: The…
A brand-new partnership has been confirmed between Birmingham Royal Ballet and Birmingham Repertory Theatre, which…
Even though the global pandemic has cut the Royal Ballet‘s seasons short, the company was…
This week marks the return of dancers to Birmingham Royal Ballet’s studios. As the Company…
The Place are celebrating 50 years of powering imagination through dance and their celebratory activity is designed…
Edinburgh International Festival Lights Up the City and Reveals Digital Line-Up of Scottish Artists
Edinburgh International Festival, the world’s leading performing arts festival, today unveils My Light Shines On – a…
San Francisco Ballet announces the premiere of Dance of Dreams, a new dance film directed by…
Arts Council England and Google Arts & Culture have today, 24 July 2020, announced a…
Greg Cameron, President and CEO of The Joffrey Ballet, is pleased to announce the appointment…
The Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) for South Asian and Contemporary styles is pleased to…
The Royal Ballet School has appointed internationally renowned dancer, choreographer and Director of Birmingham Royal…
The young Austrian dancer Jakob Feyferlik will be joining Dutch National Ballet as a principal…
The Lowry Centre for Advanced Training in Dance (CAT) has opened applications to be considered for…
Mark DeGarmo Dance Seeks Applicants for the 2020-2021 season of its Virtual Salon Performance Series
Mark DeGarmo Dance seeks applicants for the 2020-2021 season of its Virtual Salon Performance Series,…
In response to COVID-19, the current lockdown and its impact on dance training and the…
Cinderella Games, a ground-breaking film project inspired by Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella, will receive its online premiere at 7…
New Adventures is delighted to announce their Overture dance artist cohort for 2020/2021. Established in 2016, Overture is the annual New…
Corey Baker Dance has created a new short film entitled Swan Lake Bath Ballet which will receive…
This Summer The Royal Ballet is partnering with Cast and Doncaster Council to get Doncaster Dancing. Local residents, primary schools, sports…
Created and conceived by performer, producer, and dance writer Charmaine Warren, Black Dance Stories is a community working together to support…
While the Berlin stages are still closed, the Staatsballett Berlin will present a digital gala…
Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the promotions for…
In its centenary year Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance is launching its first…
Vadim Muntagirov to perform a rarely seen work during ROH’s second “Live from Covent Garden” concert
As we look forward to the first in the series of three Live from Covent Garden concerts…
Ballet Hispanico, America’s leading Latino dance organization known for “piercing stereotypes” (The New York Times),…
International Arts Collective is a collective of dancers and musicians dedicated to generating a positive…
Corey Baker Dance, run by award–winning choreographer/director Corey Baker, has created a new short film titled…
The Royal Opera House announces ‘Live from Covent Garden’, a series of three unique performances to…
Members of the Royal Opera House costume team have volunteered hours of their time and…
Swans For Relief is an initiative started by Misty Copeland and Joseph Phillips with the…
Bringing the history, artistry and optimism of American Ballet Theatre to homes across the world,…
Harlequin Floors, the global leader in advanced technology floors and studio equipment for the performing…
The Royal Ballet School has invited San Francisco Ballet School, Canada’s National Ballet School, Paris…
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) today announced that HRH The Duchess of Cornwall is…
This was the first time all 8 dancers and 2 apprentice performed together live from…
Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham, and English National Ballet School in London are two of…
Northern School of Contemporary Dance announced online auditions for the September commencement of its brand new…
English National Ballet Philharmonic have joined together for a virtual rendition of an extract from…
Following government advice about Coronavirus Covid-19, English National Ballet’s home is currently closed, and some…
Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announces seven dancer promotions for the 2020–2021 season. Soloist…
BBC Arts today announced further programming for Culture In Quarantine, a virtual festival of the…
Today Sadler’s Wells announces that it will present new dance content for Digital Stage, its…
The Royal Opera House announced a FREE live programme of full-length productions to spread the joy…
The Royal Academy of Dance has partnered with the V&A to co-curate a free to…
BBC Arts today announces its 2020 Dance season, with live performances filmed at Sadler’s Wells…
Today The Australian Ballet announced the appointment of David Hallberg as its next Artistic Director,…
The Royal Ballet School is looking for talented young dancers with a passion for classical…
The Bonnie Bird Choreography Fund is delighted to announce the recipients of The Bonnies 2020 awards. These…
We Move, a consortium of nine leading hip hop dance companies and organisations is delighted…
Lydia Brayshaw is a seventeen-year-old full-time ballet student training at Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham, the vocational school…
Less than one month into his new job as Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Carlos…
English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer competition will be held at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on Friday 29…
The Royal Ballet is delighted to announce the continuation of its Emerging Choreographer Programme for 2020. An opportunity…
Tamara Rojo CBE, Artistic Director of English National Ballet, will create a new version of…
This year marks the Centenary of Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, with celebrations…
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Sadler’s Wells today announces the launch of Barclays Dance Pass, the theatre’s new ticket scheme offering £10…
Changing The Face of British Dance – a new book by Henrietta Bannermann celebrates 50…
Sadler’s Wells announces the names of four young choreographers as part of the second intake…
The Duchess of Cornwall will visit Elmhurst Ballet School, the vocational school in association with…
Disabled North East ballet dancer wins national award for groundbreaking regional dance organisation
In October the North East Dance Co-operative won the prestigious One Dance UK Award for…
Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood delighted 13-year-old dance fanatic Neve, when the two had a…
A group of London’s most exciting young dancers have been training with some of London’s…
The second acclaimed One Dance UK Awards ceremony took place in Manchester on Saturday night,…
English National Ballet announces the launch of a new dancer development programme, Dance Leaders of the Future.…
The Governors of the Royal Ballet Companies award a gold medal each year to an individual…
BBC 100 Women is an annual list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around…
Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, and Barry Hughson, Executive Director, today…
As part of its 70th anniversary season, English National Ballet will celebrate its history with three specially curated gala performances at…
David Hallberg becomes a Principal Guest Artist of The Royal Ballet in the 2019/20 Season. Hallberg…
Dame Kelly Holmes, Colin Jackson, Mark Ramprakash, Tony Adams and Chemmy Alcott join The Royal Ballet on #WorldBalletDay, Wednesday 23 October 2019. For…
Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada announced today that Principal Dancer Harrison…
National Youth Dance Company (NYDC) – the country’s flagship company for young dancers, run by…
The Royal Ballet School presents brand new Teachers’ Insight Day, which is taking place at…
UK hip hop dancer and choreographer Botis Seva is the subject of new short documentary…
Footwork Films present Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words in association with The Royal Ballet, BBC Two, BalletBoyz and Manilla Productions. An…
Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced that Greta Hodgkinson will retire…
The Royal Ballet School has honoured former student Dame Darcey Bussell DBE with the title…
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is pleased to announce the medallists of the prestigious…
English National Ballet School is delighted to announce that internationally celebrated Viviana Durante has been…
Woman SRSLY champions unique and challenging performance through platforms and networking support and aims to create…
Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announces the 2019–2020 season roster. A total of 69…
Tamara Rojo CBE, Artistic Director of English National Ballet, has today announced promotions within the…
Liquid Heat | La Rumba Llama by artist Jessica Angel is a photography installation and international…
In Autumn 2019, The Place enters its sixth decade as a driving force for dance…
The past weekend has seen rapturous applause for stand-out performances of one of David Bintley’s…
Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced seven promotions for…
Tavaziva is one of the UK’s leading professional, contemporary-African dance companies, led by Zimbabwean-born Artistic Director, Choreographer and…
The Carmen Mateu Young Artist European Award, Opera and Dance, offered by the Castell de…
Principal dancer Nehemiah Kish has announced his decision to retire from The Royal Ballet at the end of the…
Director of The Royal Ballet Kevin O’Hare today announces that Marcelino Sambé has been promoted to Principal dancer, the…
Northern Ballet, one of the UK’s leading dance companies, will celebrate its 50th anniversary from…
San Francisco Ballet Board of Trustees has named Kelly Tweeddale as the organization’s next Executive Director. The…
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is renaming its prestigious, annual ballet competition to celebrate…
West End theatre company Sisters Grimm has announced a major partnership with the largest theatre…
Booking for the Royal Ballet School’s Summer Intensive Dance Teacher Observation Programme is now open. Continue…
20-year-old Max Revell from Cornwall has been named the Winner of BBC Young Dancer 2019.…
At the start of the summer, the Dutch National Ballet & the Junior Company will…
Canadian dance Company Cas Public are renowned for their passionate and daring physicality, the Company makes a…
The Royal Opera House today launches its 2019/20 Season, unveiling an exciting range of new…
People across the UK can enjoy free culture on their doorstep as Romeo and Juliet is broadcast live as…
Miami City Ballet ended its 2018-2019 season with a unique take on George Balanchine’s “A…
Having performed the Flames of Paris pas de deux with partner Rentaro Nakaaki and Untitled Code, a solo…
Boston Calling has announced that Boston Ballet will make their festival debut as part of…
U.Dance the national youth dance festival presented by One Dance UK, in partnership with the…
Dance theatre maker Stefan Jovanović presents the latest bespoke Wild Card offering with Constellations, an atmospheric evening of rituals, dark…
For the past 7 years, Jennifer Muller/The Works (JMTW) has curated WOMEN / CREATE! – A…
Trafalgar Releasing are pleased to bring to cinemas nationwide on Sunday, 19 May the final…
After returning from the historic debut in Paris, which received rave reviews from critics and…
Dance Umbrella, London’s international festival of contemporary dance takes place across the capital from 8…
One Dance UK, the sector support organisation for dance, is delighted to announce that nominations…
Dance Umbrella, London’s leading festival of international dance, has today announced the appointment of Julia Glawe as new…
Calling all princes and princesses! Northeastern Ballet Theatre, New Hampshire’s premier ballet company and training…
CinemaLive, leading producers and distributors of event cinema, are partnering with Northern Ballet, one of…
Winston-Salem — Award-winning choreographers and dancers Camille A. Brown and Juel Lane are the recipients of the second annual Alumni Artpreneur…
Hofesh Shechter Company announced the appointment of Colette Hansford as the company’s new Executive Producer from 1st July…
Supporting 18 dance artists and collectives to explore and develop new performance ideas. At The…