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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’.

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.

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.

We are thrilled to be touring with The Scandal at Mayerling, a ballet that has never before been produced in the UK outside of London and that promises to shock with its emotionally charged and visceral choreography.

Moving Minds is an immersive conference taking place in May that will explore the therapeutic benefits of dance, and how it can help improve young people's mental health and wellbeing.

We're bidding a fond farewell to Tim Palmer, who started working at Scottish Ballet in 1984. Here, he reflects on his time with the company; from fond memories to fun mishaps!

We grab five minutes with Nicholas Vavrečka, who was born in London and trained at Elmhurst Ballet School before becoming part of the Scottish Ballet family.

We're pleased to announce the appointment of two new Non-Executive Directors to the Board: Scottish solicitor Nadhia Ahmad-Ali, and Ballet Black Founder & Artistic Director Cassa Pancho MBE.

We are delighted to announce that investment company Baillie Gifford is continuing to support our dance health and wellbeing programmes as part of a new five-year partnership.