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The Crucible

The village of Salem stands on the brink.

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Coppélia

The search for reality in an artificial world, reinvented for the digital age.

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Safe To Be Me®

We're proud to be delivering Safe to Be Me® to young people across Scotland.

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Stop Asian Hate: why this matters to Scottish Ballet

We have updated The Nutcracker to more authentically represent the cultures featured within it. Here, we explain the context around our decision to do so.
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Commitment to working with Gypsy, Roma & Traveller Communities

We have looked again at our 2019 production of The Snow Queen, and we believe there is an opportunity to better represent Gypsy, Roma & Traveller (GRT) culture within this work.
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Principal Dancer Christopher Harrison hangs up his ballet shoes

Christopher Harrison, from Kippen, has had a career much like the fairy tales he performs on stage. He started dancing with Scottish Ballet Associates aged 10 and joined Scottish Ballet in 2005. This week he retires from dancing after a hugely successful career, including performing leading roles in Scottish Ballet productions such as Swan Lake, Romeo & Juliet, Highland Fling and the famous Glasgow Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony pas de deux to ‘500 Miles’.

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Scottish Ballet welcomes Principal Guest Artist Ryoichi Hirano as ‘Rudolf’ in The Scandal at Mayerling

With the kind permission of The Royal Ballet, Scottish Ballet has been delighted to welcome Ryoichi Hirano as Principal Guest Artist in our production of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s The Scandal at Mayerling.

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“Bringing Consent to Ballet, One Intimacy Workshop at a Time” - Scottish Ballet in The New York Times

Scottish Ballet was featured in a full page article in The New York Times by dance writer Laura Cappelle. The article focuses on the intimacy coaching sessions that we held with RC Annie ahead of this production.

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2019 was our 50th anniversary and we are championing some of the people who help make Scottish Ballet a great place to work.

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