Edward Watson
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With eight Royal Ballet dancers enacting the claustrophobic world of an incestuous couple, De Frutos weaves intricate physical poetry around Jean Cocteau’s text and Philip Glass’s limiting score
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The Royal Ballet’s resident choreographer is celebrating 10 years at Covent Garden. Rediscover his arresting shows inspired by Titian, Virginia Woolf and the White Stripes
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It’s hard to know why the Royal Ballet have revived Kenneth MacMillan’s flawed study of madness, but Osipova’s magnificent performance makes it worthwhile
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Ballet’s golden couple move into contemporary dance with a world premiere that will leave you hungry for more
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The choreographer’s new work, Obsidian Tear, is a dramatic standout in a programme of light and shade
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This revival of Christopher Wheeldon’s ballet looks more impressive than on its 2014 debut, with its original cast returning for the opening
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Ballet Black’s triple bill was graced with some sparkling performances and Britain’s most diverse ballet audience ever
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Natalia Osipova is a natural as the scandalous Madame X in Christopher Wheeldon’s new ballet Strapless. If only we cared about her…
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The Royal Ballet’s Ashton double bill is a game of two halves
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Vadim Muntagirov and Lauren Cuthbertson dance a sparky revival of The Two Pigeons, while Monotones expands magically beyond ballet’s minimal means
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This year’s award nominations are impressively diverse, with excellent independents vying with the titans of British dance, and fiftysomething dancers getting recognition
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Opera House opens centre of excellence in Thurrock to train a new generation to make the outfits it is world-famous for
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Ballet stars Wendy Whelan and Edward Watson partner up for an adventurous set by contemporary choreographers built on their formidably committed skills
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Their bodies hurt and the roles are drying up … So how do ballerinas maintain their careers after hitting 40? Wendy Whelan (48) and Alessandra Ferri (52) reveal all
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The choreographer of a new work for the Royal Ballet’s Edward Watson and former New York City Ballet star Wendy Whelan talks about his influences – and the need to inject glamour into contemporary dance
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The British choreographer’s Tony award-winning An American in Paris puts him up on a level with Jerome Robbins
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The ballets of West Side Story choreographer Jerome Robbins get the attention they deserve, while Lauren Cuthbertson makes a superb debut in MacMillan’s Song of the Earth
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Untouchable, a piece about outsiders, starts well but loses its way in a bill that also includes Balanchine’s Four Temperaments and MacMillan’s Song of the Earth
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Shobana Jeyasingh reclaims La Bayadère but the spell remains. And Ann Maguire is honoured by dancers including her daughter
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A comedy detective, Shakespeare in pointe shoes and audiences turned into actors … Guardian Stage editor Chris Wiegand picks his highlights
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