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Nutcracker in a Nutshell: everything you need to know ahead of this festive season
Known worldwide by ballet and non-ballet fans alike, Nutcracker is celebrated as a festive staple, enjoyed by audiences for over a century.
Ballet Gift Ideas from English National Ballet
With English National Ballet's brand-new Nutcracker just around the corner, the festive countdown is on!
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10 jaw-dropping moves from Le Corsaire
Name your favourite technical ballet challenge and Le Corsaire has got it.
Welcome to the new home of English National Ballet
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.
Bob Ringwood on designing Le Corsaire
Hollywood designer Bob Ringwood shares some of his inspirations for his stunning designs for Le Corsaire.
Spot the tunes in Manon
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...
Creating Dust: interview with composer Jocelyn Pook
Composer Jocelyn Pook took the time to answer our questions about creating the music for Akram Khan’s Dust, part of Lest We Forget.
Creating Dust: interview with designer Kimie Nakano
We met with one of Akram Khan's collaborators, Kimie Nakano, who designed Dust's costumes.
“An amazing experience”: our dancers on working with William Forsythe
Over several weeks, our dancers worked with Forsythe and his repetiteurs to create and learn those pieces. How did they find this experience?
Antonio Castilla on choreographing My First Ballet: Swan Lake
Hear more about this brand new version of the classic ballet choreographed especially for children aged three upwards.
5 things you may not know about Nureyev’s Romeo & Juliet
In 1977, the legendary Rudolf Nureyev created his own version of the ballet Romeo & Juliet for us
In conversation with Anna-Marie Holmes
Anna-Marie Holmes talks about re-staging Le Corsaire for English National Ballet.