Royal Ballet: Swan Lake review – gorgeous grandeur
Francesca Hayward brings intelligence and sensuality to her debut in the dual role of an uneven but stylish production
May 2021
Liam Scarlett: inquest opens into ballet choreographer’s death
Court hears Royal Ballet artist died in hospital in April ‘due to cardiac arrest following attempted hanging’
April 2021
Liam Scarlett: the British choreographer who has died aged 35
Former Royal Ballet choreographer Liam Scarlett dies aged 35
March 2020
Royal Ballet cuts ties with Liam Scarlett after sexual misconduct claims
Company says it will no longer work with star choreographer and artist-in-residence
January 2020
Choreographer Liam Scarlett suspended over sexual misconduct allegations
Royal Ballet’s Liam Scarlett was suspended back in August 2019
March 2019
Dangerous Liaisons review – ballet never looked so much like a strip club
Orgies, revenge, sex on a coffin: Australia's Dangerous Liaisons sizzles
January 2019
Royal Ballet: Asphodel Meadows/The Two Pigeons review – beauty and whimsy
Liam Scarlett’s 2010 work is as lyrical as ever, while strong performances and a live pigeon can’t save Frederick Ashton’s cutesy romcom
August 2018
The best shows at the Edinburgh festival 2018
Plan your fringe schedule with our roundup of the top comedy, theatre, dance, cabaret and kids’ shows, ordered by start time
May 2018
Rambert: Life Is a Dream; Swan Lake – review
Swan Lake review – the Royal Ballet's spellbinder leaves you weeping
May 2017
Royal Ballet mixed bill; Rambert review – Liam Scarlett's new ballet was worth the wait
Royal Ballet mixed bill review – Scarlett and Yanowsky deliver a mesmerising melodrama
April 2015
Dance blog
Scarlett’s Frankenstein and Acosta’s Carmen: the Royal Ballet’s new season
Director Kevin O’Hare’s creative, forward-thinking lineup sees four in-house commissions, new scores and the launch of the young choreographer programme, but female contenders are still scarce
November 2014
Royal Ballet triple bill review – Liam Scarlett’s Age of Anxiety is swaggering but lightweight
Drawing on WH Auden’s meditation on post-second world war upheavals in New York, Liam Scarlett’s latest ballet might have been better woven around our own troubles, writes Judith Mackrell
November 2012
Why we're watching …
Why we're watching… Liam Scarlett
The 26-year-old former dancer on pain, theatre and becoming a choreographer