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Podcast » Celebrating Ninette de Valois: a conversation with Giannandrea Poesio

In 2026 Voices of British Ballet is celebrating the life of Ninette de Valois, to mark the centenary of the Royal Ballet School, with a series of interviews and special…

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Timeline Event » 1971 – Premiere of Peter Darrell’s Giselle by Scottish Theatre Ballet

First performed in 1970 at His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen, for his Giselle Peter Darrell directed an unusually logical treatment of the drama and adapted the traditional choreography to fit a…

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Timeline Event » 1971 – London Festival Ballet performs Mary Skeaping’s production of Giselle

For her production of Giselle for London Festival Ballet in 1971, Mary Skeaping attempted to return to ballet as far back to its original sources as possible. With choreography by…

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Timeline Event » 2016 – Premiere of Akram Khan’s Giselle by English National Ballet

Akram Khan’s version of Giselle, performed by English National Ballet at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, in 2016, was a brilliant reimagining, fusing his own dance vocabulary with classical ballet to…

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