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Ballet

Ballet
From Hong Kong to New York and beyond, find out what's happening in one of the most graceful and elegant - and punishingly hard to learn - forms of dance.
Ballet dancers perform in the live section of “Anne Imhof: House of Swans”. The German artist’s first solo show in Asia - part art exhibition, part contemporary ballet performance - runs at JC Contemporary at Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun until January 3, 2027. Photo: Tai Kwun
World of performing arts

Review | German artist Anne Imhof’s Hong Kong show is as ambitious as it is disjointed

Imhof’s solo show at Tai Kwun – her first in Asia – blends ballet and art in an intense and ambiguous statement of self-discovery.

Fashion

She dreamed of becoming a ballet dancer. Then life took a different turn

Hong Kong culture

Hong Kong Ballet to move to city’s first dedicated dance venue in 2027

Fame and celebrity

The next 007? Slow Horses’ Jack Lowden is Gary Oldman’s tip to be the new James Bond

The Scottish actor is married to Saoirse Ronan and has appeared in films including Dunkirk and Mary Queen of Scots – but will he succeed Daniel Craig?

Jack Lowden has been heralded for his roles on stage and screen, but could he be about to land one of the biggest roles in all of cinema? Photo: @dior/Instagram
Get to Know

Meet Luana Lopes Lara, the self-made billionaire behind trading platform Kalshi

Having traded professional ballet for MIT, the Brazilian entrepreneur took over the Forbes wealth title from Lucy Guo and Taylor Swift.

Icons and Influencers

How classical dancer Patricia Zhou stopped chasing perfection – interview

The award-winning dancer, choreographer and filmmaker talks to Style about how she learned to embrace uncertainty and take ownership of her work.

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Fame and celebrity

Timothee Chalamet faces the music for saying ‘no one cares’ about opera, ballet

Performance groups around the world clapped back at the Hollywood star’s remarks, while a German minister invited him to watch a show.

US actor Timothee Chalamet poses on the red carpet at the Bafta Film Awards in London in February. Photo: EPA
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | She seduced some of the most powerful men. A ballet tries to tell her story

Despite some excellent dancing, Ballet Nacional de España’s La Bella Otero fails to do justice to the notorious Belle Époque star’s story.

Wellness

Hong Kong Ballet and Pure Fitness join forces to offer new exercise programme

The dance and strength training crossover aims to dispel the perception of ballet as an inaccessible and elite art form.

Icons and Influencers

Q&A | High barre: a chat with dancer Roberto Bolle ahead of Caravaggio in Hong Kong

Bolle discusses how dance became his life as he prepares to bring Caravaggio to the Hong Kong Arts Festival in March.

Roberto Bolle in Dolce & Gabbana. Photography: Federico Barbieri and Alba Quinones
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Why this star ballerina was an ‘ugly duckling’ and her struggles with pain

Recently dancing in Hong Kong, Natalia Osipova talks about going from Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet to Britain’s Royal Ballet and her future hopes.

Natalia Osipova and Patricio Revé perform the Balcony pas de deux from Romeo and Juliet during the Hong Kong Ballet’s annual gala on October 15, 2025. Osipova reflects on her career, from her Bolshoi beginnings to the Royal Ballet. Photo: Tony Luk, courtesy of HKB
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, October 17-19

A Shakespearean ballet, a beer-filled celebration, a day of family fun by the sea and more await Hongkongers this weekend.

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

What to expect at Hong Kong Arts Festival 2026, from Mozart to Caravaggio

Festival highlights include a mixed-reality Ryuichi Sakamoto show, a concert led by John Eliot Gardiner and a ballet starring Roberto Bolle.

World of performing arts

Pioneering ballet dancer Misty Copeland on diversity and what’s next for her

As she retires from American Ballet Theatre, where she was its first black principal dancer, Misty Copeland talks about ongoing challenges.

Misty Copeland, the first black principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, pictured in Hong Kong in 2015. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Fame and celebrity

Meet Anna Baryshnikov, who played the unsettling Daisy in Love Lies Bleeding

From joining New York’s Children’s Shakespeare Theatre to her breakout role in 2016’s Manchester by the Sea, Baryshnikov had long sought to follow her Sex and the City star father into acting.

Meet Anna Baryshnikov, who played the unsettling Daisy in Love Lies Bleeding, opposite Kristen Stewart. Photo: @annabaryshnikov/Instagram
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend June 6-8

From the ultimate celebration of cocktails to ballet, Thai massage and a Lane Crawford pop-up, our picks for your Hong Kong weekend.

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Giselle by Hong Kong Ballet a lavish spectacle, and company’s dancers shine

Guest artists Marianela Nuñez and Matthew Ball were excellent in the leading roles, with the HKB cast also impressing when their turn came.

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Ukraine war

Ukraine’s ‘ballet in a basement’ sends a message from the war’s front lines

The staging of Chopiniana underneath Kharkiv’s musical theatre shows Ukraine’s resilience and cultural independence, opera director says.

Ballerina Olena Shliahina, 38, poses for a picture after practising for the revival of Chopiniana, the first full performance of a classical ballet in the city of Kharkiv since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, in the underground area of Kharkiv’s National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, on April 27, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Ballet makes Titanic-like sweep of dance awards

The Butterfly Lovers wins in 6 of 8 categories at Hong Kong Dance Awards, where speakers bemoan lack of resources for art form in the city.

Fame and celebrity

Yuri Grigorovich, Bolshoi ballet’s artistic powerhouse, dies aged 98

Credited with revitalising male dance, Yuri Grigorovich ruled Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre with an iron fist as its lead choreographer.

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | A surfeit of talent on show from Bolshoi Ballet in Shenzhen

With 10 principal dancers and numerous soloists, the famed Russian company performed classic and modern pieces with precision and grace.

Bolshoi principal dancer Yulia Stepanova dances The Swan in Shenzhen on May 14. Photo: Zhan Jiangjuan/Pingshan Theatre
TV shows and streaming video

You can’t fake ballet, say Étoile cast and creators about dance drama

Amazon Prime series Étoile, which follows two ballet companies from New York and Paris, shows the athleticism and dedication of ballerinas.

Luke Kirby in a still from Étoile. Photo: AP
Hong Kong

Allez to the French May arts festival as it returns to Hong Kong

The annual celebration serves up a slice of Gallic goodness with its bounty of gourmet food and performing arts feasts.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Bolshoi Ballet’s China tour to visit Shenzhen and Beijing but not Hong Kong

The famed Russian ballet company’s decision is the latest example of top performers skipping Hong Kong in favour of nearby cities.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Hong Kong Ballet’s Frida is a visually bold if sometimes bemusing spectacle

Ballet adapted from one-act work shows vignettes of artist Frida Kahlo’s life, with striking choreography and costumes, but feels stretched.

The final scene from Frida, with Ye Feifei as Frida Kahlo and Ryo Kato as Diego Rivera. Photo: Conrad Dy-Liacco; courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, April 5-7

From a brewery’s anniversary celebration to a ballet about Frida Kahlo to an Oscar-winning film, here are 5 things to check out this weekend.

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Practise tai chi at K11 Musea. Photo: The Door
Hong Kong

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, March 30-April 5

See balletic biopic of Frida Kahlo, savour Alain Ducasse’s menu, sip Causeway Bay cocktails and enjoy live music and conversation to boost your mental wellbeing.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Rudolf Nureyev gala tribute in Hong Kong full of high points

Mariinsky Ballet’s Maria Khoreva shows why she is making waves, hometown hero Lam Chun-wing earns acclaim in tribute to a legend of dance.

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