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27 Mar
Times Culture on Mayerling and the Royal Ballet’s golden generation of male dancers
It’s fitting that the Royal Ballet is reviving Mayerling — and arguably the most demanding male role in the Covent Garden repertoire — when it has so many outstanding male dancers. Audiences are spoilt for choice: Matthew Ball, William Bracewell, Ryoichi Hirano, Vadim Muntagirov, Marcelino Sambé. It’s the strongest, most popular male line-up the Royal Ballet has seen in decades. What’s remarkable is the breadth of talent and technique these days, 26 years since Billy Elliot made it cool for boys to do ballet. The Russian-bred Muntagirov is a supreme classicist born to play the fairytale prince; the Portuguese star Sambé is a romantic dancer who moves with an instinctive ardour; the British pair of Bracewell and Ball bring passionate intelligence to widely diverse roles. Hirano is a Japanese dancer with remarkable stature and a flair for playing bad boys. And because they have nothing in common, these five will approach the role’s cruel, dissolute Crown Prince Rudolf from completely different angles.
25 Mar
Win Tickets to La Fille mal gardée at the Royal Opera House
The Royal Ballet is giving away two top-price tickets to La Fille mal gardée — plus dinner for two at the new Cicoria by Angela Hartnett.
24 Mar
Ballet's big comeback: why the art form is winning new audiences
Sell-out seasons, viral TikTok clips, and a new generation of superstar dancers are transforming an art form once seen as elitist into something genuinely exciting.
24 Mar
We are not here to preserve the past — we are here to make the art form relevant to everyone who lives in this country. That means taking risks, commissioning new works, and ensuring our company looks like Britain.
— Carlos Acosta, Artistic Director, Birmingham Royal Ballet
24 Mar
English National Ballet announces 2025/26 Season
ENB's new season includes a world premiere from Crystal Pite, a revival of Akram Khan's Giselle, and the company's first ever New Year's Eve gala.
23 Mar