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Scottish Ballet's Family Challenge Day

Scottish Ballet's Family Challenge Day

A fun event for the whole family to try out some basic ballet steps

22 May 2012

‘When you’re a parent, quite often you’ll do things with your child that you wouldn’t do on your own,’ says Catherine Cassidy, associate director of education at Scottish Ballet. How very true. Or at least that’s what Scottish Ballet is banking on, when…

Scottish Ballet's Martin Lawrance on Dance GB

Martin Lawrance on Dance GB

The Scottish Ballet choreographer will share a bill with English and Welsh national dance companies

15 May 2012

‘Am I allowed to swear?’ asks Martin Lawrance politely, before going on to describe how he felt when Scottish Ballet first knocked at his door. Suffice to say, he was a little nervous. A dancer with Richard Alston Dance Company for many years…

Scottish Ballet tackle A Streetcar Named Desire

Scottish Ballet tackle A Streetcar Named Desire

Behind the scenes at new ballet based on Tennessee Williams play

21 Mar 2012

Stanley Kowalski eases his muscles in around the thin body of the woman who will become his wife. Flirting with her, he pulls her handbag from her lap, wears it on one casually extended foot, a powerful, teasing predator. Behind her eyes, a light…

Interview: David Nixon - choreographer and costume designer

Interview: David Nixon - choreographer and costume designer

Northern Ballet production of Beauty and the Beast

27 Feb 2012

What made you want to be a choreographer? I became interested in choreography while I was at the National Ballet School of Canada, and started choreographing while I was still a dancer, but became more serious when I took over my first company. I…

Ballet West: Swan Lake

Ballet West: Swan Lake

Production combining professional and students tours Scotland

3 Feb 2012

When you’ve left school and moved onto a new life, going back to where it all began could feel like a backward step. If the school in question is in a beautiful location – the Scottish Highlands – it starts to sound more appealing. Throw in a fantastic…

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Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
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Matthew Bourne's contemporary all-male reinterpretation of the classic ballet.
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31 May
(3D) 6.30pm 		Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
31 May
(3D) 6.30pm 		Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow
31 May
(3D) 6.30pm 		Cineworld Ashford, Ashford
31 May
(3D) 6.30pm 		Cineworld Birmingham Broad Street, Birmingham
31 May
(3D) 6.30pm 		Cineworld Boldon Tyne and Wear, Boldon
31 May
(3D) 6.30pm 		Cineworld Bolton, Bolton
31 May
(3D) 6.30pm 		Cineworld Brighton, Brighton
31 May
(3D) 6.30pm 		Cineworld Cardiff, Cardiff
31 May
(3D) 6.30pm 		Cineworld Cheltenham, Cheltenham
31 May
(3D) 6.30pm 		Cineworld Chichester, Chichester
31 May
(3D) 6.30pm 		Cineworld Crawley, Crawley
31 May
(3D) 6.30pm 		Cineworld Didsbury, Didsbury
31 May
(3D) 6.30pm 		Cineworld Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight
31 May
(3D) 6.30pm 		Cineworld Sheffield, Sheffield
31 May
(3D) 6.30pm 		Cineworld Solihull, Solihull
31 May
(3D) 6.30pm 		Cineworld Stevenage, Stevenage
31 May
(3D) 6.30pm 		Cineworld Yeovil, Yeovil
3 Jun
(3D) 3.15pm 		Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow
Cinderella
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The legendary Mariinsky Ballet brings Charles Perrault’s classic fairytale to the Festival, in this large-scale production that offers a sumptuous mix of engrossing storytelling and grand classical ballet with a fresh contemporary twist. Complete with a full corps de ballet, the dancers’ every movement, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky, is highlighted and intensified by Prokofiev’s gorgeous musical score performed live by the Mariinsky Orchestra and led by the great Valery Gergiev. Supported…
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30 Aug–1 Sep Thu & Fri 7.30–10.20pm; Sat 2.30–5.20pm & 7.30–10.20pm Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
New Adventures: Matthew Bourne's Early Adventures (Spitfire/Town And Country/The Infernal Galop)
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The witty Spitfire derived from the 19th-century ballet, performed along with the 1991 Town And Country, featuring music by Elgar, Noel Coward and others, and the work inspired by French icons of the 1930s and 1940s, The Infernal Gallop, featuring Offenbach's Can-Can!
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31 May–2 Jun May 31, Jun 1 & 2, 7.30pm Richmond Theatre, Richmond
5 Jun–6 Jun Jun 5 & 6, 7.30pm, mat Jun 6, 2.30pm Sherman Cymru, Cardiff
7 Jun–9 Jun Jun 7–9, 8pm Hall For Cornwall, Truro
11 Jun–13 Jun Jun 11–13, 7.30pm, post–show talk Jun 12 The Oxford Playhouse, Oxford
14 Jun–16 Jun Jun 14–16, 7.45pm Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge
19 Jun–20 Jun Jun 19 & 20, 7.30pm Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
21 Jun–23 Jun Jun 21–23, 7.45pm Churchill Theatre, Bromley
27 Jun–28 Jun Jun 27 & 28, 7.30pm, mat Jun 28, 1.30pm Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham
29 Jun–30 Jun Jun 29 & 30, 7.30pm Ipswich Regent, Ipswich
And then, one thousand years of peace
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Initially created in collaboration with the Bolshoi Theatre, And then, one thousand years of peace fuses two distinct styles of movement - the fast, driving power of Preljocaj's contemporary work with the grand classical ballet of the Bolshoi. Set to a pulsating soundtrack, the piece combines intricate edgy action with slow, graceful movement in an ever-evolving dance that reveals our innermost hopes, desires and fears. Supported by The Bacher Trust.
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17 Aug–19 Aug Fri–Sun 7.30–9.15pm The Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh
Ballet Theatre UK: The Sleeping Beauty
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Classical choreography set to Tchaikovsky's famous score, telling the tale of the cursed Princess Aurora.
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31 May May 31, 7.30pm Hazlitt Arts Centre, Maidstone
2 Jun Jun 2, 2.30pm & 7.30pm Auditorium at Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
3 Jun Jun 3, 5.30pm Broadway Theatre, London SE6
12 Jun–13 Jun Jun 12 & 13, 7.30pm, mat Jun 13, 2.30pm Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
14 Jun Jun 14, 7.30pm The Capitol, Horsham
23 Jun Jun 23, 7.30pm The Civic Hall, Bedworth
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