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The Coliseum, London, UK Mon, 31st March 2008 - Thu, 3rd April 2008 From £20.00*Carlos Acosta is the greatest ballet dancer of his generation. He is a principal dancer at Covent Garden; Tocororo, the show about his own life, that he wrote, choreographed and starred in, broke box office records at Sadler’s Wells; and in his homeland of Cuba he is a national hero. Renowned for combining Cuban passion with a remarkable technical virtuosity and raw athleticism, watching Carlos Acosta dance is a breathtaking experience not to be missed. Carlos Acosta has chosen some of his favourite moments in ballet and brought them together to create one evening of spectacular dance. H...
Wembley Arena, London, UK Thu, 7th February 2008 - Sun, 10th February 2008 From £23.00*Romanza will set hearts on fire in London this winter. Returning to the newly furbished Wembley Arena, this artistically choreographed production full of love, passion, energy and elegance explores the romance of past and present day couples such as Madame Butterfly, Romeo & Juliet and even Barbie and Ken! Audiences will be shocked, surprised and entertained with a visual feast on the ice and in the air. Breathtaking skating, flying, fire and death defying magic with feel good, familiar music throughout makes Romanza the perfect winter outing for all the family. Holiday on Ice is the un...
Royal Opera House, London, UK Fri, 23rd November 2007 - Fri, 7th December 2007 From £20.00*November 23, 2007 to December 7, 2007 Running time: Approx. running time: tbc Background Jewels is a sparkling new addition to the Royal Ballet repertory, a pure dance delight by George Balanchine, inspired by jewellery in the collection of Van Cleef & Arpels, from Fifth Avenue in New York. Each of the three movements uses a different gem for its inspiration and a different composer for its sound. First is the rich warmth of emeralds for Fauré, dreamy and reflective. Next comes the fire of rubies for Stravinsky, energetic and vibrant. Last is the sparkle of diamonds for Tchaikovsky, polis...
Royal Opera House, London, UK Tue, 23rd October 2007 - Sat, 27th October 2007 From £16.00*October 6, 2007 to October 27, 2007 Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes Background La Bayadère ’ ’The Temple Dancer’’ is a full-length 19th-century ballet classic. The story of love, murder and vengeful judgement by the gods is set against colourful exoticism of India. A beautiful temple dancer is in love with a warrior, but becomes a victim of her jealous rival and of the High Brahmin. There are powerful moments for the two opposing ballerinas, evocative ensembles and a stunning solo as a bronze idol comes vividly to life. The most famous part of all ’ beautifu...
Royal Opera House, London, UK Sun, 23rd December 2007 - Tue, 8th January 2008 From £20.00*Two ballets by Frederick Ashton make for a sparkling double treat from The Royal Ballet for any family to start the New Year. Ashton got his idea for Les Patineurs from the graceful movements and virtuoso skills of skaters and set them to music by Meyerbeer, itself originally written to accompany skating scenes on stage. Ashton’s choreography suggests the effortless actions of skaters as they sway, glide, turn ’ and even fall over! Tales of Beatrix Potter was created in 1971 for a film, bringing alive with astonishing accuracy the famous images and stories of Beatrix Potter: to a ...
The Coliseum, London, UK Wed, 12th March 2008 - Sat, 22nd March 2008 From £30.00*The New York City Ballet, one of the foremost dance companies in the world, is unique in US artistic history. Solely responsible for training its own artists and creating its own works, the New York City Ballet was the first ballet institution in the world with two permanent homes, the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York. Explore what New York City Ballet has to offer ’ its rich company history, repertoire of ballets, and world-class dancers. New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreograph...
Royal Opera House, London, UK Thu, 6th December 2007 - Fri, 21st December 2007 From £37.00*Wagner’s final masterpiece returns to The Royal Opera repertory this December with Bernard Haitink as conductor. The music is some of the most powerful in all Wagner, combining action with an incredible sense of poise and spirituality, a showpiece for orchestra and singers alike. With the addition of an exceptionally fine cast, for musical performance alone this will be a major musical event to experience. But the power of Parsifal also lies in the tense conflicts of its drama, as Parsifal battles temptation to restore the power of the order of knights who guard the Holy Grail. Klaus Mic...
Royal Opera House, London, UK Mon, 22nd October 2007 - Sun, 25th November 2007 From £20.00*October 16, 2007 to November 25, 2007 Running time: 2 hours 55 minutes Background Kenneth MacMillan’s great interpretation of Shakespeare’s enduring tragedy is one of the most popular works in the Royal Ballet repertory ’ and one of the greatest examples of 20th-century choreography. The setting is Renaissance Verona, where a chance meeting ignites a profound love between Romeo and Juliet, bringing with it first hope of uniting their families in peace, then misunderstanding, and finally tragedy and death. Prokofiev’s music is an instantly recognizable classic of th...
The Ambassadors Theatre, London, UK Thu, 18th October 2007 - Sat, 22nd March 2008 From £22.50*Music, Dance, Theatre, Choreography or Performance Art? Or all of the above! Or is it none of the above. Well, both are sort of right... In a way. Confused? Read on... STOMP is a movement, of bodies, objects, sounds - even abstract ideas. But what makes it so appealing is that the cast uses everyday objects, but in non-traditional ways. There’s no speech, no dialogue, not even a plot. So why go see STOMP? Well, have you ever composed a symphony using only matchbooks as instruments? Or created a dance routine based around sweeping? You may have done this a little, but get a group of rh...
The Coliseum, London, UK Tue, 25th March 2008 - Sun, 30th March 2008 From £20.00*This production of "Romeo and Juliet," based on the Shakespeare play, played a pivotal role in the history of the Stuttgart Ballet. Although the ballet tradition in Stuttgart can be traced back to the early 17th century, the city’s ballet company was catapulted to a new level of international prominence by British director John Cranko. Cranko had been in charge of the company for only a year when his new production of "Romeo and Juliet" was premiered in 1962, and the production’s critical success certified that the Stuttgart Ballet had "arrived." Now...
The Coliseum, London, UK Tue, 8th January 2008 - Sat, 19th January 2008 From £10.00*Swan Lake ’Altogether a company triumph’ The Sunday Times Swan Lake brings the romance and high drama of the grand Russian ballet tradition alive. Perhaps the most famous of all ballets, it tells the story of Prince Siegfried’s love for the Swan Queen, Odette, and their battle against the evil magician, Rothbart. Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score, which undoubtedly features some of the most beautiful music in the classical ballet repertoire, is played by the full Orchestra of English National Ballet and the dramatic story line, spectacular sets and costumes and technic...
Royal Opera House, London, UK Fri, 18th January 2008 - Mon, 31st March 2008 From £20.00*Ashton’s Sylvia was restored to the splendour of its elegant and oppulent three-act form for the 75th anniversary celebrations of The Royal Ballet and it is now firmly back in the Company’s repertory. Its story, from Greek myth, tells of Sylvia, whose vows of chastity mean she cannot return the love of the shepherd Aminta. Eros, up to his tricks, intervenes, only to see Sylvia abducted by the hunter Orion. Rescuing her, Eros finally brings the lovers together. Ashton was inspired by the music of Leo Délibes to create such great choreographic sequences as the famous Act III pas de ...
The Coliseum, London, UK Fri, 4th April 2008 - Mon, 7th April 2008 From £20.00*After three sensational sell-out seasons at Sadler’s Wells, five star reviews, and sold out performances in New York, PUSH will continue to tour Europe throughout 2007 and 2008. The production features four works: Solo, performed by Guillem to atmospheric flamenco music; Shift, Maliphant’s signature solo; Two, a dazzling solo which seems to traps Guillem in a box of light; and Push, a duet which combines the abilities of this extraordinary partnership. The works are complemented by Michael Hulls’ stunning and inventive lighting and accompanied by music from Andy Cowton, Ca...
Royal Opera House, London, UK Sat, 8th December 2007 - Sat, 19th January 2008 From £20.00*December 8, 2007 to January 19, 2008 Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes Background The Nutcracker is a perennial Christmas favourite, packed with magical moments of one of the greatest of classical ballets, all to the sounds of one of Tchaikovsky’s most famously tuneful scores. When young Clara’s favourite Christmas presents ’ a nutcracker doll ’ comes to life, she is drawn into magical adventures that lead from a battle with the Mouse King to the Kingdom of Sweets. The fantasy is brought to vivid life through Peter Wright’s reinterpretation of Lev Ivanov’s ...
The Coliseum, London, UK Wed, 19th December 2007 - Sun, 6th January 2008 From £10.00*Der Nussknacker (The Nutcracker) is a fairy tale ballet in two acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed between 1891 and 1892 and based on Der Nußknacker und der Mausekönig (The Nutcracker and the Mouse King), a story by E. T. A. Hoffmann. An adaptation of the story was set to music by Tchaikovsky (after a libretto possibly written by Marius Petipa) and commissioned by the Imperial Theatre in 1891.
The Coliseum, London, UK Tue, 11th December 2007 - Sun, 16th December 2007 From £10.00*The Snow Queen Michael Corder’s new ballet The Snow Queen is sumptuous and grand; a theatrical presentation drawing its inspiration from the fairy tale world of Hans Christian Andersen’s famous wintry story. The Snow Queen tells the tale of two young friends, Kay and Gerda. Kay catches slivers of the Snow Queen’s shattered magic mirror in his eye and in his heart. Gradually, his character changes and his vision of the world becomes evil and twisted. As Kay is spirited away to the Snow Queen’s palace in the far frozen north, eternal winter descends on the village. With...
Peacock Theatre, London, UK Wed, 5th December 2007 - Sun, 6th January 2008 From £25.00* ’An essential part of London’s Christmas calendar ’ TIME OUT The stage version of Raymond Briggs’ much-loved book continues to delight children everywhere as it returns to the Peacock Theatre for Christmas. When a young boy’s snowman comes to life on Christmas Eve, the two set off on a night-time quest for adventure. On their travels, they meet dancing penguins, reindeer and, of course, Father Christmas. Watch spellbound as the Snowman literally flies through the night sky above you, before escaping the clutches of the evil Jack Frost to return home fo...
Royal Opera House, London, UK Sat, 2nd February 2008 - Sat, 23rd February 2008 Wayne McGregor’s Chroma provides the thrilling start for an intense programme of great dance works from The Royal Ballet. Chroma was an award-winning and popular hit when it had its premiere last year. The score, drawn from compositions and arrangements by Joby Talbot and his arrangements of music by The White Stripes, is paired with stark minimalist designs by architect John Pawson ’ and into this comes the exciting, inventive, energy driven choreography of McGregor exploring ’freedom from white: Chroma’. Kenneth MacMillan’s Different Drummer provides contrast ...
Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, UK Mon, 26th November 2007 - Mon, 26th November 2007 From £60.00*WNO’s brand new commission The Sacrifice is composed and conducted by one of the world’s greatest living composers, James MacMillan, with a libretto by award-winning poet Michael Symmons Roberts. The acclaimed director Katie Mitchell - known most recently for her work at the National Theatre - directs this world premiere tour. The Sacrifice is a compelling and timeless story of a ruler’s ultimate sacrifice to safeguard the future of his war-torn, faction-ridden country; a story of love, revenge and reconciliation, inspired by the heightened mythical world of The Mabinogion, ...
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