The Royal Ballet

After a year of playing to empty houses, Britain's Royal Ballet dancers William Bracewell and Fumi Kaneko are eager to "celebrate what we do best" when they return to the public stage as Romeo and Juliet.

"I haven't done this, a three-act ballet for ages," Japanese prima ballerina Kaneko told AFP after a rehearsal of the famous balcony scene.

Royal Ballet dancer Anna Rose O'Sullivan last performed to London audiences in "The Nutcracker" in December. She played Clara in a handful of shows and was to debut as the Sugar Plum Fairy when the COVID-19 pandemic once again shut down entertainment venues.

A former star choreographer for Britain's famed Royal Ballet Company has died aged 35, his family announced on April 17, a day after Denmark's Royal Theatre pulled his show over claims of "offensive behavior".

"Sutra" is a collaborative performance by choreographer Sidi Labri Cherkaoui, artist Antony Gormley and 19 Buddhist monks, honoring an ancient kung fu tradition with a musical score by Polish composer Szymon Brzoska. The multinational production, which will go on stage at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), was commissioned by the Sadler's Wells Theatre in London.

The Village Cinemas multiplex in Faliro is screening the UK Royal Opera House's classic production of Sergei Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet," choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan. His take on the tale of the star-crossed lovers premiered at Covent Garden in 1965 and was an immediate success.

The Turkish ballet "Harem" (Seraglio), which blends classical ballet with Ottoman music, has become the longest-running ballet show in Turkey, having been staged by the Ankara State Opera and Ballet (ADOB) for 20 years. 

The dialogue between cultures, between traditions and contemporary forms and between the ideas of East and West will be revealed through the performances Softmind: Rianto and Surdjit and The Horrified Soul: Macbeth.

"Dancers stare at themselves in the mirror almost all of the time," celebrated Ukrainian dancer Sergei Polunin said at one point during the interview. "It helps us to improve," he added.

At the entrance of the Horochronos dance venue in Votanikos, central Athens, the dancers are trying out various positions, concentrating hard and demonstrating extraordinary flexibility as they stretch their legs. Twirling around they lose their balance, but manage to get up again without losing faith.

BELGRADE - The International Dance Day will be marked in Belgrade on Wednesday evening with the performance of "Don Quixote", featuring internationally acclaimed ballet dancers Anna Tsygankova, prima ballerina at the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam, and Matthew Golding, principal with the Royal Ballet in London.