"Music is a dream from which the veils have been lifted. It's not even the expression of a feeling, it's the feeling itself." This quote from Claude Debussy describes the musical world of this programme, made up of his own works and works by Maurice Ravel. In the choreography of Ravel's and Debussy's music by Jeroen Verbruggen and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, fluid lines, dream and atmosphere are strongly present.

To speak of that ballet is very difficult because the theme is so popular as a fairy tale, adapted b...

A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York t...

Part folklore, part opera-ballet, this féerie presents local pagan traditions on the day of the summ...

Characters from Haitian folklore come to life telling their story of ritual, ceremony and celebratio...

Two young lovers, offspring of the feuding Montague and Capulet families, value feelings above the p...

The peasant girl Giselle discovers the true identity of her lover Albrecht – and that he is promised...

The young Clara creeps downstairs on Christmas Eve to play with her favourite present – a Nutcracker...

George Balanchine's jewel-themed triptych, strikingly choreographed to the music of Faure, Stravinsk...

The Nutcracker is Mikhail Baryshnikov's breathtaking and critically acclaimed Emmy-nominated product...

A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on ...

Inspired by heroic stories of brave knights, Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful servant Sanch...

A synthesis of sound and movement; colourful characters dance and move in repetitive patterns to per...

Shannon Davidson and Ashley Shaw at the iconic Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, delving into thei...

Matthew Bourne choreographs this performance of Tchaikovsky's ballet, filmed live in London. The sho...

The story of Don Quixote tells of the old knight who dreams of chivalry and his comic squire, Sancho...

Manon’s brother Lescaut is offering her to the highest bidder when she meets Des Grieux and falls in...

This delightful ballet tells the story of Dr Coppelius, an eccentric toymaker, who attempts to bring...

The Royal Ballet performs Tchaikovsky's classic ballet, choreographed by Liam Scarlett and starring ...

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert...