That said, over 50 years on, the story of Manon (familiar from two different, similarly-titled operas), does seem a curious choice for 2025. It’s a tale of an impoverished Parisian convent girl who ...

SF Ballet’s "Manon" is a striking display of the provocative — bursting with romance, action, drama, comedy and dripping in opulence; here seems to be something enthralling for all adult audiences ...

On Friday night, American Ballet Theatre delivered a stunning performance: stunning balletically and theatrically. The musicians made a worthy contribution as well. It was a banner night of ballet in ...

French ballerina Sylvie Guillem – one of the most influential dancers of the past 30 years – has a page on her website where the names of her favourite ballets form a block of unbroken text. When you ...

But who was I kidding? This is the 21st century, and anyone who goes to see the ballet will have inevitably waded through their own swamp of marketing material using every tart-with-a-heart, good ...

Monica Parker has taught Sir Kenneth MacMillan's ballet Manon so many times that she rarely needs to refer to the two red binders of Benesh notation she lugs with her from England. They contain a ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Is the heroine of Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet an active agent in her own rise? Or a projection of self-deceiving masculine desire? Credit...Richard Termine for The New York Times ...

Francesca Hayward as Manon and Marcelino Sambé as Des Grieux in Manon - Alastair Muir Another week, another heart-stopping revival of a perfect ballet. Earlier this month, English National Ballet ...