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With fierce competition on for places in Dutch National Ballet’s Choreographic Academy, we ask what can the budding choreographers expect? Aspiring young choreographers have a chance to find out whether they have it in them to become professional dance makers,…
In the dazzlingly redeveloped Royal Opera House, Royal Ballet Director Kevin O’Hare talks about exciting new prospects for his company The run up to a new season is always a time of excited anticipation for performers and audiences alike. But…
Brexit risks seriously damaging Dance in the UK, says a new report published by OneDanceUK. Ballet Position unpicks its findings Dance is a central part of the creative industries in the UK. If you look at numbers alone, at £92…
As she eases into her post-ballet life, Zenaida Yanowsky talks to Ballet Position about the Royal Ballet and the future She graced the stage at Covent Garden with poise, versatility and uncommon intelligence, her smallest gesture capable of conveying a…
Approaching the end of his first Royal Ballet season, William Bracewell helps Ballet Position write his First Year Report Card Modesty is a profoundly endearing quality, and Royal Ballet soloist William Bracewell possesses it in spades. A beautiful dancer, technically…
With English National Ballet mired in allegations of unacceptable workplace practices, Ballet Position goes behind the scenes to find out more Over the past five years English National Ballet (ENB) has burnished its public image to a peak of gloss…
As Rambert puts the final touches to its exciting new project, Ballet Position talks to the three masterminds behind Rambert2 The words “Rambert” and ”pioneering” have a habit of going together. Rambert is the UK’s oldest dance company, having given…
As the stage lures him back once again, Irek Mukhamedov talks to Ballet Position about “performing, acting, interacting, being alive.” A dancer’s career is cruelly short. Actors can act into their 80s (look at Maggie Smith, Judi Dench), singers sing…
ENB Principal Laurretta Summerscales talks to Ballet Position about her favourite roles and the current phase in the company’s history. Juliet is one of Lauretta Summerscales’ favourite roles. Juliet, that is, in the Rudolf Nureyev production of the tragic love…
Is London’s Royal Opera House the elitist preserve of a metropolitan middle class? Categorically not, says its boss Alex Beard. ‘Elitist’ – a damning label, often uttered with a dismissive sneer. But what do people mean when they call something or…