Mary, Queen of Scots review – bold ballet brings the royal courts bang up to date
Mary births a balloon and Elizabeth I towers on stilts in Sophie Laplane and James Bonas’s production about the queens’ distant relationship
‘She was a badass!’ – Mary, Queen of Scots becomes a feisty rock star and daring dancer
Several portrayals of the royal’s tumultuous life take place in Edinburgh this month, each examining her relationship with Elizabeth I and challenging the narrative of two women at war
UK’s Royal Ballet and Opera withdraws Tosca production in Tel Aviv
Show scheduled for next year pulled after 182 members of UK company sign letter criticising RBO’s stance on Gaza
July 2025
Mballet dance academy in Thembisa, South Africa – in pictures
Other lives
Raymond Warren obituary
The Guardian picture essay
‘Beautiful form isn’t enough’: National Ballet of Japan – picture essay
Gameshows, Cliff Richard and Stalin’s most hated play: the British culture sent behind the iron curtain
Valery Panov obituary
A Single Man review – homoerotic tennis enlivens ballet version of Isherwood’s classic
June 2025
All the right moves: the London premiere of Gala de Danza – in pictures
Edinburgh festival 2025: kicks and tricks in this summer’s dance and circus shows
Quadrophenia: A Mod Ballet review – a razor-sharp reboot of the Who’s rock opera
‘No one is immune to grief’: the team turning A Single Man into a sexy, grimy, heartbreaking ballet
‘Completely captivated’: the rousing return of musicals’ dream ballets
‘It will lift the spirits’: Kyiv to stage ‘most English of ballets’ after Russian repertoire boycott
Ballet Preljocaj’s Swan Lake review – dystopian twist sucks the breath out of you
May 2025
Pete Townshend remakes Quadrophenia for a new generation: ‘The world is a dangerous place at the moment’
Hamburg Ballet dancers accuse artistic director of creating ‘toxic environment’ – reports
Ballet BC review – fizzing energy from dancers laid bare
