Ballet Nights: World-Class Dance, Live in Richmond

★★★★★

“Flying the Flag for the Future of Dance”

The Herald

“A smorgasbord of
styles and stars in one thrilling sitting”
The Guardian

Ballet Nights comes to Richmond Theatre after a sell-out spring for
one night only. Expect world-class dancers, live music and a
compère who brings you closer to every piece, all a few metres from
your seat.

Built to feel intimate rather than formal, it’s a night out made to
be shared: a curated tasting menu of classical, neo-classical and
contemporary dance, introduced piece by piece so first-timers and
devoted dance lovers alike feel part of the
evening.

Bring a date, bring a friend, or bring someone who’s always wanted
to go.

FEATURING

✨
Olivier Award-winning
choreography by
Kim Brandstrup
performed by
Alina Cojocary OBE
(World Star former Principal of
The Royal Ballet
and
English National Ballet)
with rising contemporary star
Seirian Griffiths

🩰
Paris Opera Ballet Étoiles Paul Marque
and
Bleuenn Battistoni
in Swan Lake’s White Swan pas de deux and Le Corsaire

🔥
James Wilton Dance
brings its raw physicality to The Four Seasons – “Summer”, set to
Max Richter

🌟 Laurel
Dalley Smith,
star of
Martha Graham Dance Company,
in Graham’s Satyric Festival Song

💃 Acosta
Dance Foundation
in the Don Quixote Suite

🎻 Live music all evening from
Quartet Concrète,
joined by international soprano
Hannah Dienes-Williams

🎤 Ballet Nights founder – Jamiel Devernay-Laurence as
Compère

ON THE NIGHT

The evening has two parts and one interval.

Live strings open the night, and Part I builds to the world
premiere of Afsked. Part II moves from Bach and Martha Graham to
Rambert School’s Snowflakes, then closes with the Paris Opera
Étoiles in Le Corsaire.

Ballet Nights is powered by Fundamentally Dance – a new dance
ecology, delivered globally. The tour continues to Brighton in
2026, with a New Year’s Day Concert in London, Edinburgh, Inverness
and more in 2027.