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Ballet

October 2026

  • Blurry photograph showing ballerinas in motion at the dress rehearsal and preview of the Australian Ballet’s The Nutcracker at the Ian Potter State Theatre in Melbourne

    Australia’s best photos of the month – October 2026

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  • Joseph Taylor dips Ellie Young backwards in Firebird, her costume painted like flames

    Swoon! London City Ballet are positively glowing in a night of dreams – and ghosts from dance history

  • Shirley MacLaine and Juliet Prowse leap mid-air in a Can-Can dance scene

    Proms, parties and gender politics: amazing photos from American dancefloors – and what they tell us about a changing nation

  • Isabela Coracy and Ebony Thomas in Ingoma by Mthuthuzeli November from Ballet Black At 25 at Sadler's Wells

    Always on pointe: the bold and beautiful Ballet Black – in pictures

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  • Finding the groove: what’s the best genre of music to dance to?

  • My feelgood movie
    ‘A rare indulgence’: why Black Swan is my feelgood movie

  • Mao’s Last Dancer Li Cunxin on his long-awaited follow-up: ‘I don’t think my publisher expected it to take 14 years!’

September 2026

  • Swanice Luong leaps joyfully holding hands with Daniel McCormick in Symphony in Three Movements

    English National Ballet: Rhythm Riot review – this triple whammy brings zing, grit and chills

  • Ballerina Natalia Osipova rests her chin on her hand against a yellow background

    Can a ballerina do a stomp? Natalia Osipova on making her fearsome, foul-mouthed acting debut

  • Two dancers in long red dresses on a stage made to look like a dressing room

    Revel review – broken Barbies and a splash of Swan Lake as older dancers limber up

  • Many Angels by Alvin Ailey

    Sky’s the limit! Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – in pictures

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  • She was the Royal Ballet’s first ‘young choreographer’ – Charlotte Edmonds’ next 10 years show how dance is changing

  • Scottish Ballet: Emergence review – riveting visions of gods and insects

  • Sir Richard Alston obituary

  • Pauline Clayden obituary

August 2026

  • Culture Preview Autum 2026 - Stage - Kevin Bridges, Tilda Swinton in Manfred Karge’s Man to Man

    Autumn arts preview 2026
    Tilda Swinton’s blast from the past, Kevin Bridges at large and a deepfake ballet: theatre, comedy and dance to see this autumn

    Swinton takes a dead man’s identity, Glasgow’s heir to Billy Connolly heads on tour and Gillian Anderson, Keira Knightley and Natalia Osipova all hit the stage
  • Two people face each other intimately with foreheads nearly touching and hands clasped, bathed in warm orange light. Kayla-Maree Tarantolo and Ishan Mahabir-Stokes in These Violent Delights film still.

    These Violent Delights review – Scottish Ballet’s feverish Romeo and Juliet is bold and unsettling

    A taut, dreamlike reimagining of Shakespeare’s tragedy strips away romance in favour of dread, creating an engrossing and fiercely physical dance film
  • Great presence and depth … Carlos Acosta in Nosotros, from Myths and Modern Masters.

    Carlos Acosta: Myths and Modern Masters review – superstar returns with style, the Stones and his daughter

    Mixing contemporary, Cuban and classical works, Acosta has charisma to burn and is accompanied by an impressive cohort

July 2026

  • Marianela Nuñez and Vadim Muntagirov in Le Corsaire part of Divertissements from Marianela-Timeless by Royal Ballet And Opera @ Royal Opera House. (Opening 29-07-26) ©Tristram Kenton 07-26

    Marianela: Timeless review – perfect ballerina shows off a leg-whipping, frictionless mastery

  • Ballerina Marianela Núñez performs in Ballo Dello Regina

    ‘The Messi of ballet’: Marianela Núñez, the Buenos Aires bombshell shaking up British dance

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