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Darcey Bussell

April 2022

  • Michaela DePrince, right, really shines.

    Coppelia review – cleverly conceived modern update of Delibes’ classic ballet

    Animation and dance combine in new version of the story of a boy lured from his sweetheart by a mechanical doll controlled by an evil genius

February 2022

  • Darcey Bussell as the mayor and Jan Kooijman as the hairdresser in Coppelia.

    Social media is an unkind space, Darcey Bussell warns teens

    Former Royal Ballet star speaks out ahead of film update of Coppelia, which focuses on the pressure to change looks in pursuit of happiness

June 2021

  • Darcey Bussell

    Darcey Bussell: ‘If I hadn’t had dance, gosh, I don’t know where I’d be’

  • Vadim Muntagirov in Apollo.

    The week in dance: Balanchine and Robbins; British Ballet Charity Gala; Dangerous Liaisons – review

October 2020

  • Stephen Wicks, Darcey Bussell and Adam Cooper in Manon, 1992

    Tristram Kenton at the Guardian
    Darcey Bussell explodes! The Royal Ballet in black and white – in pictures

    From Darcey Bussell impersonating an exploding star in Apollo to Jonathan Cope posing like Elvis in Frankenstein, we celebrate the elegant, magical beauty of the Royal Ballet in the 1980s and 90s

July 2019

  • Motsi Mabuse

    Motsi Mabuse to join Strictly Come Dancing judging panel

    Mabuse, whose sister Oti dances on the show, will replace judge Darcey Bussell

April 2019

  • Birthday belle … in Sylvia

    Fab-u-lous! Dancing queen Darcey Bussell at 50 – in pictures

    Darcey Bussell, former Royal Ballet principal and Strictly Come Dancing judge, turns 50 on 27 April. We look back at the career of the most famous British ballerina of her generation

November 2018

  • Rhik Samadder

    Good news, lads – we’re all Strictly dancers now

    Rhik Samadder
  • Darcey Bussell Evolved book cover

    Darcey Bussell steps back in time – in pictures

December 2017

  • Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon in Feud: Bette And Joan.

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Feud: Bette and Joan; Shamed; The League of Gentlemen and more

    Feud brilliantly revives the famed enmity between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, Shamed pokes at fresher wounds, and it’s farewell Royston Vasey

December 2016

  • ‘There’s more to life than ballet …’ Darcey Bussell: Looking for Margot.

    TV review
    Darcey Bussell: Looking for Margot review – a life dancing close to the edge

    Fonteyn’s story of Panamanian revolution puts Bussell in the shade. Plus, Inside the Christmas Factory, with shouty Gregg Wallace and Cherry Healey
  • Jean Alexander as Hilda Ogden

    TV and radio blog
    Tuesday’s best TV: Hilda Ogden’s Last Ta-Ra: A Tribute To Jean Alexander; MasterChef: The Professionals

    The queen of Corrie remembered by her friends, rollers and all; plus high-pressure Masterchef pro final begins
  • Joanne Clifton and Ore Oduba

    Fab-u-lous! Ore’s jive wins Strictly’s big night of magic and schmaltz

    BBC presenter sees off Louise Redknapp and Danny Mac in the final as Len Goodman bellows his last ever score

September 2016

  • Jonathan Goddard, Darcey Bussell and Adam Garcia

    Blinded by Sylvie Guillem's knickers: dancers and Strictly stars' missteps

    Darcey Bussell was very friendly with the floor in rehearsals. Kevin Clifton’s Thriller-style tango tanked on live TV. And Thomas Whitehead got trapped in his ballerina’s underwear. Seven dance-floor disasters are remembered

October 2015

  • Romeo and Juliet

    The Royal Ballet's Romeo and Juliet: 50 years of star-crossed dancers – in pictures

  • Ballet and books – a novel combination. What are some of your favourite books that combine drama and dance?

    Children's books
    World Ballet Day – eight books that bring ballet to life

July 2015

  • Tamara Rojo and Lauren Cuthbertson

    'Understand – it hurts': giants of dance reveal its tolls and triumphs

    Late nights, early mornings, punishing schedules, stage fright, pulled hamstrings, failed auditions … Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo, Lauren Cuthbertson, Wayne McGregor, Matthew Bourne and more reveal the secrets of the dance studio

April 2015

  • young dancer

    Strictly no celebs: young dancers compete for the BBC’s new title

    Young Dancer 2015 contest hopes to find the next generation of stars for Royal Ballet and Sadler’s Wells

January 2015

  • Darcey Bussell

    Darcey Bussell to front BBC’s search for UK’s best young dancer

    BBC is devoting year of programming to music and dance including how to make a pop song and ballet documentaries

December 2014

  • Darcey Bussell's Looking for Audrey

    TV review
    Darcey Bussell’s Looking for Audrey; Al Murray’s Great British Spy Movies – review

    Bim Adewunmi: Fangirl Darcey’s Roman holiday adds little private colour to the Hepburn story, while Al Murray’s spy snoop neither shakes nor stirs …
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