Month: April 2015

Shoko Nakamura taking a curtain call after the premiere of Rudi Van Dantzig’s Swan Lake in Budapest on April 25th.

The choreography “Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness” by Nacho Duato, was devised in 1999 in collaboration with the city of Weimar, which at that time was the European Capital of Culture. The ballet is dedicated to the composer Johann Sebastian Bach and consists of two parts. The first part, “Multiplicity”, is a choreographic reflection… Continue reading Nacho Duato – Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness (1999)

A story of passion and unrequited love, featuring an alluring fairy and a diabolical witch, Peter Martins’ staging of 19th-century Danish dancer/choreographer August Bournonville’s romantic classic La Sylphide premieres at NYCB’s Spring Gala on May 7, 2015. Additional dates: May 12, 16 Mat, 16 Eve, 17, 23 Mat, 23 Eve, 24. FOR TICKETS: http://www.nycballet.com/lasylphide

FEBERHAVNEN (2015) We are in the ruins of the Danish Royal Theatre, in a destroyed and fever ravaged Copenhagen. The surviving ballet dancers are held in an endless dance ritual, watched over by self-proclaimed warlords. The time has come to a standstill. It is 7, 17 or 70 years ago that the Earth’s magnetic poles… Continue reading The controversial performance group Signa producing an experimental ballet at the Danish Royal Theatre

The Royal Ballet’s 2015/16 Season has been announced.