![]() More news stories. Former Northern Ballet Artistic Director David Nixon awarded CBE. Former Northern Ballet Artistic Director David Nixon has received a CBE for services to dance, in Her Majesty the Queens Birthday Honours list 2022. Vacancy: Director of Communications Digital. |
![]() Ballet builds core strength and stability, and improves your posture, coordination and control, and the emotional value of moving to music is incalculable. Ballet exercises are set in combinations to music, adding a level of mental exercise that is very different to other forms of fitness. |
![]() The reputation for ballet excellence that Ballet West enjoyed was built on the talent and commitment of students and staff. We can only hope that those who see their future in ballet and the performing arts can find a route to realise their hopes and ambitions. |
![]() Pites gift for the poetics of dance is evident everywhere; even the most functional gesture of balance or support feels freighted with observed and felt emotion. Crystal Pite: 'In' ballet, girls are less likely to be prized for being mavericks'.' |
![]() Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R. Sadlers Wells Associate Company English National Ballet returns with a programme of works packed with the audacious attitude of American-style neo-classical ballet, featuring two works by one of dances leading figures, William Forsythe: the world premiere of a new work, Playlist Track 1, 2 created for English National Ballet and Approximate Sonata 2016, a series of pas de deux deconstructing the vocabulary of classical ballet, to a score by Thom Willems. |
![]() Christopher Wheeldon: 'Most' boys at ballet school were closeted, terrified our parents would disown us. As his version of Like Water for Chocolate opens at the Royal Opera House, the choreographer talks about how the ballet world is changing - and why he took on the Michael Jackson musical. |
![]() 20 Dancers of this style often have flexed hands and even feet, and are placed in off-balance positions. Important ballet studios teaching this method are the Miami City Ballet, Ballet Chicago Studio company, and the School of American Ballet in New York. |
![]() Ballet Central is the touring company of Central School of Ballet, created to give graduating students performing experience to ticket-buying audiences and the opportunity to work with and learn from the dance industrys most influential professionals. The annual Ballet Central tour visits theatres in towns and cities across the country performing the best dance theatre, alongside newly-commissioned work and refreshed classics from the worlds top choreographers. |
![]() Our mission is to nurture, train and educate exceptional young dancers for The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and other leading UK and international companies, and to inspire the future of classical ballet training. We are excited to be launching our new Primary Steps on Demand programme. |
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