06 Oct #WorldBalletDay returns on 29 October 2020
Join the world’s top dance companies including The Royal Ballet for a day of behind-the-scenes rehearsals and insights. World Ballet Day returns on 29 October 2020 for a global celebration to unite the dance community as it faces the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Join the Royal Ballet as they celebrate the best creative teams, dancers, and artistic communities across the world, bringing companies together to celebrate the past, present, and future. World Ballet Day launched in 2014 and returns in 2020 for its seventh year, showcasing the best of global dance and presenting an opportunity for audiences to go behind the scenes of the world’s top ballet companies including The Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, and The Royal Ballet. The full roster of participating companies will be announced in due course. Each company will be streaming live rehearsals and bespoke insights in accordance with their respective local COVID-19 guidance via their Facebook and YouTube pages as well as via Tencent video in China. 2019’s World Ballet Day was the most successful year yet, with the event reaching 315 million social media users around the world.
COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the global dance community with dancers unable to rehearsal or perform for many months. As new COVID-19 guidelines come into place, the dance world is slowly beginning to return to the stage and this year’s World Ballet Day will provide an exclusive insight into how dance companies are responding to these new ways of rehearsing, working, and performing.
World Ballet Day 2020 invites audiences to experience morning class, which in the UK, will take place on the iconic Royal Opera House stage. There will be exclusive interviews and access to backstage rehearsals, as we prepare for The Royal Ballet: Live, the first series of live performances for The Royal Ballet in seven months. The Australian Ballet will kick off the live stream (2 am GMT) before passing the baton to the Bolshoi Ballet (7 am GMT) and on to The Royal Ballet (11 am to 3 pm GMT).
A full schedule from these global dance companies will be available via worldballetday.com. Save the date for the most unique World Ballet Day to date!