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As Earth Day approaches later this month, we take a closer look at how English National Ballet is working towards a more sustainable future - both on and off the stage.

Guest writer Lola-May Owen-McKenna takes us inside Re-Play 2026, our vibrant performance event celebrating the Company’s wide-reaching Engagement programmes.

Legendary ballerina Loipa Araújo remembers performing The Sleeping Beauty, from her first steps in Cuba as the Fairy of the Crystal Fountain, to creating a new version with iconic choreographer Roland Petit.

We are nominated for four National Dance Awards

A partnership with National Dance Company Wales

Catch up with Jazzy Whipps and Deepa Shastri as they show us some of the British Sign Language signs you’ll see performed during BSL interpreted performances of My First Ballet: Cinderella!

With a narrator to help the young audience follow the story, and a shortened, recorded version of Prokofiev’s ravishing score, this is the perfect introduction to ballet, and a fantastic family day out.

Learn some of the steps of Cinderella with Haru Yokoo, a dancer with English National Ballet School, who is performing the lead role in My First Ballet: Cinderella. No experience necessary!

Championing talent development and artistic excellence, English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer returns from 4 June 2026 on YouTube.

Watch this mesmerising moment from Body and Soul (Part 1) by Crystal Pite - one of the many that leave a deep impression.

Meet Brandon Finklea and Harold Walker III, the composers of the score for Kameron N. Saunders’s Proper Conduct.

A magical sneak peek into My First Ballet: Cinderella rehearsals - a brand-new production specially created for children aged 3+!