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Ballet

February 2026

  • Matz Skoog as Moon in Cruel Garden, English National Ballet, Sadler’s Wells theatre, London, 1988.

    Matz Skoog obituary

    Dancer and artistic director of English National Ballet who championed contemporary choreographers
  • Two girls dance in a makeup box

    Toddlers in mascara? Dance teachers and parents rethink stage makeup

    Applying cosmetics for concerts and competitions is part of dance culture but many now question the tradition

    • Pierrot Lunaire review – Royal Ballet reaches for the moon with a creepy dance of desire

    • From nightmarish noir to Bolero on trampolines: the audacious Holland Dance festival hits dizzy heights

    • My rookie era
      My rookie era: I signed up for ballet on a whim. I still can’t tell my left from my right

January 2026

  • Ivan Putrov dancing as Pierrot Lunaire for the Royal Ballet in 2005.

    ‘At first I was horrified by it!’: the Royal Ballet brings back 60s cult classic Pierrot Lunaire

  • Open positions and Euclidean geometry … Lee Duveneck, Shawn Lesniak and Madelyn Ho in Paul Taylor's Brandenburgs.

    Paul Taylor Dance Company review – hail to the athletes of the gods!

  • Heather Lehan, Kaho Masumoto and Nida Aydinoğlu in rehearsal for Gentleman Jack.

    ‘Let’s get raunchy!’ Gentleman Jack, the TV hit about an audacious lesbian landowner, is back as a ballet

  • Queen Maxima Of The Netherlands Opens Ballet Academy In AmsterdamAMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - OCTOBER 1: Choreographer Hans van Manen looks on at the opening of the new building of the National Ballet Academy on October 1, 2024 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The academy is an international education center for classis academic dance. (Photo by Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images)

    Hans van Manen obituary

  • Cynthia Erivo is Dracula, Gentleman Jack does ballet and Phil Wang’s mega-tour: theatre, dance and comedy in 2026

  • The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: the rollicking return of One Man, Two Guvnors

December 2025

  • Edd Arnold and Emily Castelli in Vollmond

    2025 in culture
    Nights to remember: Tristram Kenton’s best theatre and dance shots of 2025 – in pictures

    The National Theatre’s Hamlet, Northern Ballet’s Merlin and the musical Scissorhandz are among the highlights of the Guardian photographer’s stage spectaculars
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  • Finesse … Liudmila Konovalova (in pink) in The Nutcracker by New English Ballet Theatre.

    New English Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker review – Christmas favourite delivers magic in miniature

    Boutique staging with just 12 dancers makes up for its small scale with inventive choreography by Valentino Zucchetti and a spirited cast

    • 2025 in culture
      The best theatre, comedy and dance of 2025

    • The Nutcracker ballet in Kenya – in pictures

      Gallery18

    • Ballet star Matthew Ball on gruelling roles and getting ogled on Instagram: ‘I don’t feel precious about my body’

November 2025

  • Matthew Ball and William Bracewell in Against The Tide at the Royal Opera House.

    The Royal Ballet: Perspectives review – intimate seduction, pure dance and enduring beauty

    In an engaging triple bill, a new work from Cathy Marston explores the emotional charge of Britten’s Violin Concerto, while works by Justin Peck and George Balanchine showcase the simple joy of dancing to great music
  • Daichi Ikarashi in Everywhere We Go by Justin Peck part of Perspectives by Royal Ballet and Opera @ Royal Opera House. (Opening 14-11-25) ©Tristram Kenton 11-25 tristram@tristramkenton.com

    Best foot forward: Justin Peck’s Royal Ballet debut – in pictures

    The Royal Ballet’s Perspectives brings together a George Balanchine classic, a new work by Cathy Marston and Peck’s Everywhere We Go, with music by Sufjan Stevens
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  • Jack Wolfe as the Balladeer, centre, in The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, at Chichester Festival theatre.

    The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry goes an extra mile

    Passenger reworks songs from his hit musical while Tanika Gupta gives Ibsen a Hollywood makeover and TikTok becomes a stage for young playwrights

October 2025

  • A scene from Resonance from Communication Of Light by Joburg Ballet @ Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House. (Opening 30-10-25) ©Tristram Kenton 10-25 tristram@tristramkenton.com

    Joburg Ballet: Communion of Light review – pointe-shoe prettiness and mad, itching murder

    Mixed bill features twee neo-classicism, jazzy frocks and racial antagonism as it rachets up to an urgent and commanding Salomé that feels genuinely tragic
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