Ryoichi Hirano

The Nutcracker

The young Clara creeps downstairs on Christmas Eve to play with her favourite present – a Nutcracker. But the m...

The ROH Live: Jewels

Now celebrating its 50th year, George Balanchine’s sparkling ballet still shines with all the brilliance of the...

Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)

Carlos Acosta's first venture directing one of ballet's 19th century classics was eagerly anticipated, as was h...

Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)

From The Royal Ballet’s classical origins in the works of Petipa, to the home-grown choreographers who put Brit...

The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

An ancient family feud casts a long shadow over the town of Verona. In this hothouse of tension, brawls are qui...

Manon (The Royal Ballet)

Manon’s brother Lescaut is offering her to the highest bidder when she meets Des Grieux and falls in love. They...

The Sleeping Beauty

The Sleeping Beauty holds a special place in The Royal Ballet’s repertory. It was the ballet with which the Com...

Rhapsody and The Two Pigeons

The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern

Christopher Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour is based around seven couples separating and intermingling, to mu...

Ashton Celebration

This special program, performed at the Royal Opera House to mark the 25th anniversary of Frederick Ashton's dea...

Rhapsody and The Two Pigeons

Two Frederick Ashton ballets in one exquisite evening performance. Principals Natalia Osipova and Steven McRae...

The Royal Ballet: Mayerling

Inspired by dark and gripping real life events, this Royal Ballet classic depicts the sexual and morbid obsessi...

The Winter's Tale

With atmospheric music by Joby Talbot and powerful designs by Bob Crowley, The Winter’s Tale is a masterful mod...

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

Kenneth MacMillan’s passionate choreography for Romeo and Juliet shows The Royal Ballet at its dramatic finest....

Corybantic Games

Christopher Wheeldon draws on ancient Greece and reflects on love in Bernstein’s Serenade, after Plato’s ‘Sympo...