Artists of The Royal Ballet in Wayne McGregor’s “The Dante Project.” (Cheryl Mann) I now know why I am not a composer or choreographer. As the first major movement of “The Dante Project”—a three-part ...

After an exhilarating run of Don Quixotes, the Royal Ballet has headed down to the deep end for a revival of Wayne McGregor’s 2021 The Dante Project with a magnificent commissioned score by Thomas ...

William Bracewell as Dante and Fumi Kaneko as Beatrice in 'Purgatory: Love' This is the one sequence where long-term musical movement was an option. "Purgatorio: Love", where McGregor eschews all the ...

This is the 700th anniversary year of Italian poet Dante Alighieri’s death, and the legacy of his visually rich Divine Comedy is the bedrock for Wayne McGregor’s stunning new production. The Dante ...

Abandon hope all ye who enter here. Some people do feel that way about modern ballet, but the narrator of Dante’s Divine Comedy sees this warning on the gates of hell. In Wayne McGregor’s dauntlessly ...

Heaven, hell, and everything in between: Wayne McGregor’s new work for The Royal Ballet has huge scale and ambition, with a rich new score by Thomas Ades. Inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy, with ...

Dante Alighieri is frequently said to be the Italian William Shakspeare, and he certainly is in many aspects. Often pictured from his side - with prominent nose, laurel crown, and red tunic becoming ...