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Mark has been watching live dance since he was four years old and reviewing it for 20. To him, it is the ultimate art form - a perfect fusion of music, movement, and drama. A life in the theatre was ...

In this showy evening of Christopher Wheeldon works, the unwieldy Strapless was squeezed between two succulent treats: After The Rain and Within The Golden Hour. We use your sign-up to provide content ...

The acclaimed choreographer explains the origins of Strapless – his new ballet about Madame X, the It Girl of 19th-century Paris who was destroyed by a daring portrait When I moved to New York 23 ...

British choreographer Christopher Wheeldon enlists some Royal Ballet top stars for his latest production, 'Strapless', inspired by a painting that shocked 19th century Paris British choreographer ...

Christopher Wheeldon’s Strapless starts with a scandal. The bare shoulder of 19th-century beauty Amélie Gautreau, immortalised in John Singer Sargent’s Portrait of Madame X. It was enough to outrage ...

LONDON (Reuters) - When acclaimed choreographer Christopher Wheeldon first saw "Portrait of Madame X", he was captivated by the painting that caused a social uproar in 19th century Paris. The John ...

This rousing mixed bill from the Royal Ballet opens with William Forsythe’s notoriously demanding work The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude. From the opening bars onwards it continues at a rapid, ...

When acclaimed choreographer Christopher Wheeldon first saw "Portrait of Madame X", he was captivated by the painting that caused a social uproar in 19th century Paris. The John Singer Sargent ...