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Pyotr Tchaikovsky: The Man Behind the Music

22 October 2025 /

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Meet Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the man behind some of the world’s most recognisable music.

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Aaron S. Watkin on The Sleeping Beauty

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English National Ballet's Artistic Director, Aaron S. Watkin, talks about the magic of Sir Kenneth MacMillan's The Sleeping Beauty

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Welcome to the new home of English National Ballet

13 September 2019 /

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We’re thrilled that our new purpose-built home in Canning Town was officially opened last night by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and is now open to the public.

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Spot the tunes in Manon

19 October 2018 /

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When Kenneth MacMillan started work on his ballet version of Manon, rather than use the scores from Giacomo Puccini’s opera Manon Lescaut or Jules Massenet’s opera Manon, he chose to cherry-pick pieces of music written by the latter. This includes...

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