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Lauren Cuthbertson opens refurbished Freed Shoes Shop
Royal Ballet Principal dancer Lauren Cuthbertson this week re-opened the refurbished St Martin's Lane shop of Freed of London, a major supplier of custom-made pointe shoes to The Royal Ballet. The...
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Pointe Shoes Room: A look at the caterpillar’s feet in Alice
Caterpillar pointe shoes as worn in The Royal Ballet's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland © ROH/Chris Shipman, 2013 It’s one of the best-loved scenes in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: the meeting of...
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ROH partners with Freed to give 800 children a dance taster
Chance to Dance © ROH/Brian Slater Each Season, the Royal Opera House runs Chance to Dance, a creative introduction to ballet for primary school students in South London and Thurrock. This year, the...
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Inside the Pointe Shoes Room with the Bronze Idol from La Bayadère
The Bronze Idol in La Bayadère © ROH/Bill Cooper, 2009 It's one of ballet's most famous solos: prior to the wedding scene in La Bayadère Act III, a gold statue in the temple comes vividly to life and...
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Drink pink for Pointe Shoes in June
Ruinart rosé and a pointe shoe © ROH/Rachel Edmunds Thanks to everyone who has already supported our Pointe Shoes Appeal, which helps us meet the considerable cost of keeping The Royal Ballet in shoes...
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Ballet Boots mayhem in Mayerling
Prince Rudolph's boots from Mayerling © ROH / Lottie Butler ‘There are so many pairs of boots’ exclaims Jane Latimer, Ballet Footwear Supervisor, when asked about how the staff in the Pointe Shoes Room...
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Mara Galeazzi and Edward Watson, The Royal Ballet Principals fronting this year's Pointe Shoe Appeal, recently took time out of rehearsals to explain the importance of footwear in ballet. 'Our shoes...
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Pointe Shoes Appeal 2013 competition winner announced
Mara Galeazzi's final curtain call © ROH / Ruairi Watsonby Royal Opera House Covent Garden A pair of pointe shoes signed by former Royal Ballet Principal Mara Galeazzi, and worn at her final Covent...
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Francesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé on the nuances of ballet footwear
Used pointe shoes © ROH / Ruairi Watson 2014 As we launch this year’s Pointe Shoes Appeal, we caught up with First Artist Francesca Hayward and Artist Marcelino Sambé, who are supporting this year’s...
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Farewell to The Royal Ballet's Mara Galeazzi
Edward Watson as Crown Prince Rudolf and Mara Galeazzi as Mary Vetsera in Mayerling © ROH / Bill Cooper 2009 Royal Ballet Principal Mara Galeazzi will give her final Covent Garden performance in...
View ArticleWatch: See The Royal Ballet from the perspective of a pointe shoe
As part of our live cinema relay of The Royal Ballet's Nutcracker, we premiered this year's film promoting our annual Pointe Shoe Appeal. The film follows the life of a pointe shoe from the Freed...
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Competition: Win tickets to a Royal Ballet in Rehearsal Insights event
Yasmine Naghdi and Marcelino Sambé with our Pointe Shoe Tower - showing the number of pointe shoes used by The Royal Ballet in a week © ROH/Ruairi Watson, 2014 UPDATED 22/04/14: THIS COMPETITION IS NOW...
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The road to becoming a ballerina
Artist Hannah Grennell supporting The Royal Ballet's Pointe Shoes Appeal © ROH, 2015. It's often said that 'Every journey starts with a single step'. For aspiring ballerinas, it's not one standard step...
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Update for Friends of Covent Garden: December 2015
Leticia Stock, Anna-Rose O’Sullivan and Yasmine Naghdi decorating the Christmas tree in the Paul Hamlyn Hall © ROH 2015 With the performances of The Nutcracker in full swing and our wonderful Christmas...
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Inside the Pointe Shoes Room with the Bronze Idol from La Bayadère
The Bronze Idol in La Bayadère © ROH/Bill Cooper, 2009 It's one of ballet's most famous solos: prior to the wedding scene in La Bayadère Act III, a gold statue in the temple comes vividly to life and...
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