the stressed ballerina who sought help from a sports psychologist
by Earlier this year, Yasmine Naghdi was struggling in the rehearsal studio. Naghdi is one of the Royal Ballet’s leading dancers and her performance of Swan …
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‘Russian critics said I looked like Quasimodo’
“Hot head and cold brain! It took me almost 20 years to discover that this is what I need to dance well and enjoy performing,” …
the revival of London City Ballet
Christopher Marney recently received a very nice letter from Prince William and his wife. Thirty years ago, William’s mother, Diana, a ballet lover and sometime …
Labour’s tax raid on private schools could be no more Billy Elliots
Labour’s plan to impose VAT on private schools could make a Billy Elliot story impossible, the head of the Royal Ballet School has warned. David …
Principal ballerina Yasmine Naghdi takes us through her bridal beauty look
“Ricardo [Ghezzi] and I got married last September, and the wedding took place on the private estate of Tenuta Corbinaia, 19thA century villa with its …
The Royal Opera House to change its name as a great encouragement to the ballet
The Royal Opera House is to change its name to bring ballet on par with opera, in a move Covent Garden bosses say is “overdue”. …
Royal Ballet and Opera announces an ambitious new season – and a name change
Eight new productions, a world premiere, a European premiere – and a name change: the Royal Ballet and Opera, as it is now known, announced …
It’s not okay to see the Michael Jackson concert in London, he hates it
(Publicity Picture) I still love Philip Larkin, I have no interest in David Bowie and enjoy Kanye West’s music. I don’t like to cancel culture …