This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Ivan Putrov and Olga Smirnova unite for Ukraine ballet gala (Image: GETTY) Stars from the Royal Ballet and English National Ballet will be joined by a host of overseas stars flying in from as far away … Read more
The big news is that Russian prima ballerina Olga Smirnova is making her UK debut since sensationally quitting the Bolshoi Ballet and leaving her country in protest over the invasion of Ukraine. Olga will perform this Sunday at the London Palladium for Ukrainian ballet legend Ivan Putrov’s glittering Dance For Ukraine II gala. She will … Read more
The MS Society and Royal Ballet dance group (Image: PH ) A group of ordinary people from across the country has come together to create something rather extraordinary. A special performance today at 1pm, February 9, is part of the Royal Opera House’s Creative Exchange Programme, following a 12-week dance residency partnered with the MS … Read more
Ballet always loves a devastating ‘girl done wrong’ story and Giselle set the template long before the Manons, Swan Lakes and Onegins to come. It also gave its tragic heroine agency, even in her devastation, that resonates just as powerfully today. It’s a mark of the remarkable range of this company that the ENB can … Read more
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