Dancer Edward Watson: ‘Get the wind machine, get my clothes off and get out there’
The performer talks us through the photographers who documented his shapeshifting career with the Royal Ballet
October 2022
Sex, drugs and pas de deux: how Mayerling’s flame keeps burning
As Kenneth MacMillan’s classic returns, his widow Deborah and Edward Watson – celebrated for dancing the lead role – reflect on preserving the spirit of this seamy beast of a ballet
October 2021
The Dante Project review – bold, beautiful and utterly engaging
The Dante Project review – Wayne McGregor moves heaven, earth and hell
October 2020
The Royal Ballet's Edward Watson: 'It’s not normal to do this to your body – but it is possible'
The dancer talks about his career at Covent Garden, exhilarating creations with Wayne McGregor and why he won’t retire quietly
August 2020
Tristram Kenton at the Guardian
Giant leap off stage: farewell to the Royal Ballet's stunning Edward Watson – in pictures
Edward Watson to retire as Royal Ballet principal dancer
October 2017
The Judas Tree review – genius marred by misogyny
The Judas Tree/Song of the Earth review – from torrid violence to delicate majesty
September 2017
'You leave part of yourself on stage': Royal Ballet dancers on Kenneth MacMillan
For Edward Watson they’re terrifying and exhilarating. Sarah Lamb struggles to return to reality after performing them. Twenty-five years after Macmillan’s death, his visceral works have made a mark on the whole company
May 2017
Mayerling review – sex, drugs and revolution in the Royal Ballet's superb staging
Edward Watson finds sympathy for the doomed prince while Sarah Lamb gives one of the performances of her career in MacMillan’s unsparingly brutal ballet
February 2017
Les Enfants Terribles review – dark sibling fantasy
Top-flight dancers, Javier de Frutos moves, Philip Glass score and Cocteau’s twisted tale don’t quite add up
January 2017
Les Enfants Terribles review – Javier De Frutos teases out sex-games siblings' inner damage
With eight Royal Ballet dancers enacting the claustrophobic world of an incestuous couple, De Frutos weaves intricate physical poetry around Jean Cocteau’s text and Philip Glass’s limiting score
Cocteau sins: Les Enfants Terribles by the Royal Ballet – in pictures
The Barbican in London is staging a new production of Philip Glass’s dance-opera based on Jean Cocteau’s sensational novel Les Enfants Terribles. Step inside the surreal world of two siblings’ deadly games
Les Enfants Terribles: Cocteau's scandalous siblings dance on the edge
Five of the best ... new dance performances
Escaped Alone and Les Enfants Terribles: this week’s best UK theatre and dance
Unmissable culture of 2017
Lift-off: the must-see dance shows of 2017
November 2016
A decade of daring: Wayne McGregor at the Royal Ballet – in pictures
The Royal Ballet’s resident choreographer is celebrating 10 years at Covent Garden. Rediscover his arresting shows inspired by Titian, Virginia Woolf and the White Stripes
October 2016
Anastasia review – Natalia Osipova offers sensitive glimpses of a soul in hell
It’s hard to know why the Royal Ballet have revived Kenneth MacMillan’s flawed study of madness, but Osipova’s magnificent performance makes it worthwhile
July 2016
Natalia Osipova review – duets with Sergei Polunin are dark, sweet and sexy
Ballet’s golden couple move into contemporary dance with a world premiere that will leave you hungry for more
