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Wayne McGregor: ‘Levelling up excellence everywhere, including London, should be something we can manage’

The superstar choreographer has three new works in London, but he’s frustrated by the demands on a cultural landscape stripped by funding cuts

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UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey; Northern Ballet: The Great Gatsby – review

Wayne McGregor conjures a shimmering eco-myth from Jim Henson’s 80s puppet fantasy film

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UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey at the ROH review: Wayne McGregor’s take on the cult film hits hard

The ballet adaptation of Jim Henson’s film has an even more urgent ecological message 40 years on

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UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey review – earth, air, fire and water send a powerful message in Wayne McGregor premiere

This bleak but powerful meditation on our ailing planet combines dance, poetry, film and music to startling effect

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Dancer Edward Watson: ‘Get the wind machine, get my clothes off and get out there’

The performer talks us through the photographers who documented his shapeshifting career with the Royal Ballet

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Are you ready for a Burberry ballet? Fashion brand to costume a show at London’s Royal Opera House

‘It’s always been a dream to create costumes for dance,’ creative director Daniel Lee says

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Burberry to collaborate with Wayne McGregor on new work for The Royal Ballet

Burberry creative director Daniel Lee will work on costumes for British choreographer Wayne McGregor’s new work for The Royal Ballet, premiering 9 June 2023 at London’s Royal Opera House

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Woolf Works review – Alessandra Ferri goes deeper in Wayne McGregor’s modern masterpiece

The Italian star graces a flawless revival of McGregor’s dreamlike 2015 ballet inspired by the writings of Virginia Woolf

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Woolf Works review – the wondrous Alessandra Ferri flies again

Returning to the role created for her by Wayne McGregor, the dancer portrays the great modernist with emotional power

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Woolf Works at the Royal Opera House review: Wayne McGregor’s masterful ballet is a heartbreaker

Alessandra Ferri resumes the central role and, at nearly 60, anchors a ballet about how it feels to sift through memory

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Alessandra Ferri: ‘Dancing with Nureyev, I swear he had an energetic aura around him’

The principal ballerina on portraying Virginia Woolf, why she’s so enthusiastic about ageing, and what she learned from the greats

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Out of the spotlight: seven of dance’s hottest hidden talents

From costume and lighting designers to composers and producers, here are some of the dynamos bringing breathtaking dance shows to the stage

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‘Don’t worry, just watch’: how do you tell a story through dance?

Even the best-known ballets can baffle newcomers so what can choreographers do to avoid audiences getting lost? From Matthew Bourne’s fairytales to staging Margaret Atwood and Peaky Blinders, we find out

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Londoner’s Diary: Pa Salieu’s Games show axed over ‘background check’

Today’s Diary: Pa Salieu cut from Commonwealth ceremony / Truss’s failed attempt to woo Tory group / Ballet in ‘crisis’ after Brexit / Jones calls for end to trans bashing

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Venice Dance Biennale review – Wayne McGregor delivers sinners and shapeshifters

The British choreographer’s programme includes beguiling digital dance created by Tobias Gremmler, a reckoning with desire from Rocío Molina and seven visions of vice

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AfteRite + Lore review – Wayne McGregor’s radical Stravinsky double bill

In its world premiere performance, McGregor makes Les Noces his own, while the extraordinary Alessandra Ferri stars in his 2018 take on The Rite of Spring

Evening Standard

Abba world exclusive: the band take us behind the scenes of Abba Voyage

The travelling space circus has landed in east London, and Abba want to take us back to the future with them. Emily Phillips goes behind the scenes of the making of Abba Voyage

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