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An evening of dance and discovery Join us on Thursday 25 April for a collaboration between The Royal Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem and the Black British Ballet. Presented before a live audience in London and in New York City, this special program will highlight the little-known but extensive history of Black dancers in ballet in the UK and US, and will feature a performance by The Royal Ballet and Dance Theatre of Harlem. 'Insights: Black dancers in ballet - sharing a rich trans-atlantic legacy' will be co-hosted in New York City by Jacob's Pillow and the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: https://bit.ly/442VXIM Missed out on a ticket? Livestream the event from 7pm BST on our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/446PrRh or at 2pm EST on Dance Theatre Harlem's Facebook page: https://bit.ly/3Q7xf4d https://www.facebook.com/royaloperahouse/posts/pfbid0mMEwZbcF3qkrnue33iPneY6vDeWR5Pn1bHnd8GriAaNvZctFvaoJYWKHRYCJNEpWl

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If you're talking about the national company from a certain island continent @Goeff Whitman, please don't make me cry. The only Ashton we've seen in twenty years is The Dream (twice), Marguerite and Armand (teamed with the fairies last year), and the second and third parts of a triple also including the fairies in 2015, which were Symphonic Variations and Monotones II. Tetley made work on the company. Balanchine does appear on a semi-regular basis. MacMillan does not. Manon and Concerto are the only two pieces of his I can remember in the last twenty years. Robbins - nothing since 2008.

I was recently browsing the Wikipedia entry for a certain national company who will remain nameless, and could t believe all of the Ashtons, Balanchine, tetleys, macmillans and more in the rep. I also was astounded by some of the Ballet superstars to have passed through the doors - including Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev. However… when then looking at the website for this company, the repertoire listed is only from the past 11 years? How much of those hugely important historic works have been left to the wasteland, and will we ever see them again? Geoff

Sadly yes. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/19/sunak-rejects-offer-of-mobility-scheme-for-young-people-between-eu-and-uk

I just think they clearly defined BRB as its own ‘Royal’ company as opposed to being RBS2…. So isn’t it time to have a second separately defined school - BRBS…?

Wonder if anyone knows about casting? Or indeed if there could be a way to audition for the dancer daughter role…?

Sounds about right for this whole mess….sigh

Just out after the excellent first night. The crowd cheered: they definitely liked the show a lot, particularly Nadine Sierra, the tenor, the chorus and (dare one suggest) Donizetti energetically conducted. The production is no worse, actually better as simpler (though the interpolated miscarriage is still realistically bloody and extended). There were murmurs from cognoscenti that Sierra was a little slow and a little shrill in places, but she is admirably full voiced, particularly in comparison to the less experienced but spot on precise Liv Redpath, who I also enjoyed a lot at the dress rehearsal. To my great sadness I never had the chance to see Joan Sutherland in the role but was able to catch the supernatural voice of Gruberova as Lucia half a dozen times in her long career. For those who don’t know, put that name into YouTube and prepare to be amazed.

This ticket is now spoken for. Kind of.

Both Labour and the Tories have repudiated the offer, for reasons I can’t begin to describe (nor would I be allowed to here) never mind understand. On the other hand, my Irish son’s colleagues going the professional route via U.K. colleges this year will have the best of both worlds, putting U.K. competitors at a disadvantage. Isn’t that nice?

Quite. I wouldn't want any additional lighting effects on the sunrise from Daphnis and Chloe, for instance, just because someone else deemed it an "appropriate" moment 😀

Shetland ponies can live to a good age but they can be little devils to control!

In my view no part of Les Illuminations is an appropriate moment for taking pictures or filming, especially when you have the pleasure of Ian Bostridge performing it.

Yes. Naughty Peregrine was there in all his glory last time BRB brought Fille down. After the performance I was walking past the stage door and there he was, with his trainer, just about to be loaded onto the horse truck. I stopped to stroke him (the pony, not the trainer!) and I asked if he enjoyed doing the shows. The trainer replied that he absolutely loves it, and loves all the attention. I do hope he is still with us (the pony....and the trainer!).

I remember seeing him being walked over the bridge. Does the Wells stage have space for him?

I wonder if Peregrine the Pony will be taking a trip up to the Wells! I’ve seen him being walked along Whitehall during the last run so maybe a bit too far for him to go!

"appropriate moments". That leaves a lot of leeway for interpretation, doesn't it? What happens when there's a difference in interpretation?

Yes, I saw it last week at sadler's wells, but life got in the way before I could post about it.

Congratulations- my DD did couple past years in seniors, but not able to do this year. She had great time - hope your DD will enjoy too.

See award nominees PETT|CLAUSEN-KNIGHT up close next week at Ballet Nights Spotlight!

Thank you for your Kind Words!! For those not yet on our mailing list, we just dropped our next event - Ballet Nights New Voices at the Ministry of Sound -> Next week we present the national dance critics circle award nominees Pett|Clausen-Knight as a full evening SPOTLIGHT , and then we will be dropping our big cast announcement for Ballet Nights 005 first at Fridays Show Live! Hope to see you there! Jamiel

The RBS students are higher calibre and the RB cannot take them all. The Aud Jebsen young dancers scheme at RB is 6 only I think, and there are up to 30 graduating dancers at RBS each year. Some go abroad of course. It shouldn’t be surprising that many of the graduating group go to BRB and ENB.

Next season at Ballett on the Rhine, with new directors Bridget Breiner and Raphael Coumes-Marquet: https://www.operamrhein.de/en/schedule/productions/#season-202425 somehow the choice buttons work only on the German website for me, so try this if it doesn't show season 2024/25: https://www.operamrhein.de/spielplan/produktionen/#ballett/spielzeit-202425 Next season at Hannover Ballet https://staatstheater-hannover.de/en_EN/premieren-24-25-staatsballett

Looking for seats for the 7pm performance if anyone has any for sale