It was the first piece created by Ashton for the Royal Ballet when it moved to Covent Garden at the invitation of the Royal Opera after the Second World War. Finally comes Marguerite and Armand ...

And it has also, it seems, been fundamental to his debut piece for the Royal Ballet ... yet more sexual violence towards women on the Covent Garden stage (in the wake of everything from The ...

Covent Garden was built in 1858 ... had to serve 40 people and was equipped with only a few wash basins. The Royal Ballet, a poor cousin to the opera company, was forced to train at facilities ...

The Royal Ballet will return to the Royal Opera House’s stage next month for a celebratory performance of highlights for its dance repertory. On October 9, the full company will be back on stage ...

Do that, and chances are it will take wing. The corps in The Royal Ballet's Swan Lake Credit: Alastair Muir Certainly, it was high time the Royal replaced its longstanding version. Created in ...

I look forward to continuing to build these bridges and find even more American Friends of Covent Garden.” In July, the Royal Ballet returns to L.A. after a 24-year absence by posting up at the ...

There’s a huge cast featuring some excellent Royal Ballet School students — the battle between tail-swinging rats and toy soldiers is much fun — and Steven McRae’s Prince dazzles (watch ...

In fact she got him to create two roles for her on television, but has had to wait until now for the Royal Ballet to mount one of his works. Luckily the wait was worthwhile: Carmen is one of Ek's ...

The Royal Ballet, which presents 135-150 performances each year at Covent Garden (“always sold-out” according to O’Hare), has not set its collective feet on our shores in years, at least in ...

This is where the work starts, and we’re off on the familiar trip from the Stahlbaum’s Christmas party, through the land of snow, the kingdom of sweets and the sugar-garden of the palace.