Lauren Cuthbertson
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Patter of tiny feet: dancers on leaping into motherhood
Juggling babies and a job is always difficult – what are the particular pressures for performers and how is the industry taking steps to improve?
An industry in freefall: UK dance sector calls for urgent help
With tours cancelled and rehearsal rooms closed, what’s the future for dance? Ballerina Lauren Cuthbertson, psychotherapist Terry Hyde and choreographer Alexander Whitley assess the Covid-19 damage
The Cellist review – a joyfully giddy tribute to Jacqueline du Pré
Cathy Marston’s first main stage commission for the Royal Ballet translates Du Pré’s lyrical presence on the podium into dance, capturing her deep love affair with music
Best culture 2019
Top 10 dance shows of 2019A snogtastic Romeo and Juliet from Matthew Bourne and an international dance-a-thon celebrating Merce Cunningham join a mixed troupe of winners
Royal Ballet mixed bill review – a trio of 60s flashbacks
Lauren Cuthbertson and Reece Clarke’s masterclass in clarity is the highlight in a night of Macmillan, Ashton and Petipa
Romeo and Juliet review – stunningly swoonsome study of wide-eyed love
Lauren Cuthbertson and Matthew Ball sumptuously express the recklessness of youth in Kenneth MacMillan’s fine ballet
Les Patineurs / Winter Dreams / The Concert review – festive cheer and tears at the Royal Ballet
How to thrive under pressure: What can stars of the stage teach us about performing in demanding roles?
The spray's the thing: how actors use perfumes to get into character
Playing Thatcher? Dab on Bluebell. Got a part in Hairspray? Reach for the Madame Rochas. We lift the lid on how actors use smells – from the finest fragrances to cheap tinned mackerel – to nail a role
The Judas Tree/Song of the Earth review – from torrid violence to delicate majesty
A five-company tribute to Kenneth MacMillan continues with brave and brilliant stagings of two very different works
The Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker in rehearsal – live stream
Join us at 7.30pm GMT on Wednesday 25 November to watch rehearsals for the Royal Ballet’s Christmas favourite The Nutcracker
Royal Ballet: Ashton mixed programme review – two sides of a sublime choreographer
Vadim Muntagirov and Lauren Cuthbertson dance a sparky revival of The Two Pigeons, while Monotones expands magically beyond ballet’s minimal means
Flights of fancy: the Royal Ballet's romantic Two Pigeons – in pictures
Vadim Muntagirov and Lauren Cuthbertson take the lead roles in Frederick Ashton’s classic ballet The Two Pigeons at the Royal Opera House in London
'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
It's show time
Before and after the show: Lauren Cuthbertson'This was a huge night for the company. We'd had a tough half-season and this was the final show before our mid-season holiday. I was a bit broken, to be honest': performers reveal their pre- and post-gig rituals
For Lauren Cuthbertson, the key is movement. She takes the choreography fast, and even when she settles on the handsome, ardent Des Grieux she remains restlessly in motion, writes Judith Mackrell
Lauren Cuthbertson's true grit
Lauren Cuthbertson fought to ballet's front rank – and kept her sense of humour. Now she's dancing one of its most challenging roles: Manon. Judith Mackrell meets her
Lauren Cuthbertson: 'There are no Black Swan moments in this ballet'
Portrait of the artist
Portrait of the artist: Lauren Cuthbertson, ballerina
The queen is dead, long live the princess
As Darcey Bussell - flirty, guileless and sexy as ever - prepares for her final bow, waiting in the wings is rising young English star Lauren Cuthbertson
