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The timeless classical ballet comes to life in this version of Swan Lake, choreographed by Derek Deane. We tour this enthralling production to Liverpool and Bristol this November, and then to the London Coliseum in January 2019. Find out what audiences are sharing below! Read more

Kenneth MacMillan's masterpiece Manon is touring outside London for only the second time in 30 years. Find out what audiences are saying about this tragic story ballet, touring to Manchester, Milton Keynes and Southampton this autumn, before heading to the London Coliseum from 16 – 20 January 2019. Read more

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 sections from some of Massenet’s other operas, oratorios, art songs and orchestra suites. Read more

We are performing Lest We Forget at Sadler's Wells, London from 20-29 Sep. What has been the audience's reaction? Read on. Read more

One hundred years on from the First World War, and ahead of our performances of Lest We Forget, we asked members of our company to share their family stories about the conflict and relatives who lived through the war. Here are some of them. Read more

Dust was created by choreographer Akram Khan  in 2014, as part of Lest We Forget, our dance programme reflecting on World War I. We met with one of his collaborators, Kimie Nakano, who designed its costumes. Read more