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Francesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé are delightful in Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée ‘for 2025’

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sir Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Jonathan Lo (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 5.11.2025. (JPr)

Francesca Hayward (Lise) and Marcelino Sambé (Colas) © Alice Pennefather

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With laughter, song and dance, Anton Du Beke at the Musicals is a show you wish would never end

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Anton Du Beke at the Musicals: Anton Du Beke, Lance Ellington (singer), Lucy Nolan and Lowri Beth Evans (singer/dancers), dancers and musicians. Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 3.11.2025. (JPr)

Lance Ellington and Anton Du Beke

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The warmth of the ENB’s dancers is evident in R:Evolution and the work of four ‘visionary creators’

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Balanchine/Graham/Forsythe/Dawson – R:Evolution: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). Sadler’s Wells, London, 1.10.2025. (JO’D)

Emily Suzuki (The Woman) and Rentaro Nakaaki (The Creature of Fear) performing Graham’s Errand into the Maze © Photography by ASH

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Sofia Ballet’s freshly exciting Romeo and Juliet is a terrific success in the setting of Pancherovo Lake  

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BulgariaBulgaria Muses on the Water Summer Festival – Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Soloists, Corps de Ballet and Orchestra of Sofia Ballet / Igor Bogdanov (conductor), Pancherovo Lake, Sofia, 1.8.2024. (GT)

Marta Petkova (Juliet) and Frederico Pinto (Romeo)

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