"wit, charm and elegance" are the words used to describe the work of Royal Ballet founding choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton (1904-1988). English ballet, or rather style wouldn't exist without him, ...

The Next Generation Festival at the Royal Opera House is an interesting prospect. It promises to bring together “junior companies and exceptional dance schools from the UK, across Europe and around ...

As the Royal Ballet ballerina celebrates three decades at Covent Garden, she reflects on stardom, comic timing and relentless ...

Tulsa Ballet is preparing to take its work to one of the most prestigious stages in the world. The company heads to London the week of May 13 through the 17 to perform at the Royal Opera House’s ...

Smirnova was signed in 2011 by Filin from the Vaganova Academy in St Petersburg, the Mariinsky’s nursery, whose combination of regal style and gossamer delicacy is evident through every fibre of this ...

On 28 May 2026, local composer Matthew Wren, who was born and raised in Tring and attended John F Kennedy School in Hemel Hempstead, had one of his compositions performed at the Royal Opera House as ...

The move comes after 182 members of the Royal Ballet and Opera sign an open letter condemning the organisation's silence on ...

Chalamet said during an onstage conversation with Matthew McConaughey that he didn't want to work in fields like ballet or opera, where artists plead for audiences to "keep this thing alive" even ...

Demonstrators outside the Royal Opera House protested the Russian soprano’s return to the London stage in a new production of “Tosca.” By Alex Marshall The London institution is creating “RBO/Shift,” ...