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News and Updates
New full-length Akram Khan postponed at The Royal Ballet
Khan has been working on Carnage and the Divine with Olga Smirnova.
Ikuko
Jan 32 min read
Year in recap: top 10 most read posts in 2025
Guess who has claimed the throne. Undisputable, kind of.
Ikuko
Dec 30, 20251 min read
Olga Smirnova, Marcelino Sambé, Maria Kochetkova updates .. and Polunin
Marcelino is back on stage!
Ikuko
Jul 14, 20251 min read


Review: Dutch National Ballet's Lady Macbeth - Do not expect Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth was choreographed by Helen Pickett based on Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Ikuko
Apr 28, 20256 min read
Media interviews: Olga Smirnova, Joy Womack, Misty Copeland, Susan Jaffe
Smirnova has not seen her parents since she left Russia.
Ikuko
Apr 9, 20252 min read


The Royal Ballet announces 2025-2026 season
Very interesting programmes with two female choreographers named.
Ikuko
Apr 6, 20252 min read


Review: Dutch National Ballet Jewels- joy of pure dance
Every facet of three stones was brilliant.
Ikuko
Mar 1, 20252 min read
Olga Smirnova to guest dance in ABT summer season
Smirnova made her debut with the American Ballet Theater as a guest artist in 2014.
Ikuko
Feb 22, 20251 min read


Dutch National Ballet appoints Ratmansky as Associate Artist
The Dutch National Ballet has been collaborating with Ratmansky already.
Ikuko
Nov 21, 20241 min read
Dutch National Ballet: Brandsen and Beaujean to retire, van Poucke and Smirnova receive awards
Timothy van Poucke is the first Dutch man to reach the rank of Principal with the Dutch National Ballet since 1995.
Ikuko
Nov 14, 20241 min read
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