Behind the scenes with bows abounding 🎀 This classic costume for Act II of The Royal Ballet's Manon features over 200 bows, each hand sewn and set in our costume department - a process that takes 10 hours! See it on stage until 8 March – book now: https://bit.ly/3vKAYxp 🧵 Costume Performance Team | Royal Ballet And Opera

The sumptuous elegance of MacMillan’s Manon 😍 It doesn't get much better than Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov. We've got this passionate pas de deux on repeat. Watch the full Royal Ballet performance on Marquee TV: https://pulse.ly/d9h7is0vbk VadimmuntagirovOfficial Royal Opera House #Manon #TheRoyalBallet #SarahLamb #VadimMuntagirov #Ballet #Pasdedeux #MarqueeTV | Marquee TV

One of the most dramatic and devastating of ballets 💔 Torn between her desire for a life of splendour and her devotion to her true love, Manon's struggle to escape poverty is as poignant now as it was 50 years ago, when it first opened in Covent Garden. Today's matinee performance of Manon is the 300th performance by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House. Watch Manon live in select cinemas from Wednesday 7 February, with Encore screenings from Sunday 11 February. 🎞 Find your nearest cinema

#BALLET Extrait du ballet "L'Histoire de Manon" de Kenneth MacMillan avec les Étoiles Dorothée Gilbert et Hugo Marchand. Jusqu'au 15 juillet au Palais Garnier. 🥰 https://bit.ly/3CPMIiE | Opéra national de Paris

Tonight, we're screening our production of Manon as part of our Cinema Festival - but we understand not all of you are lucky enough to live nearby, so here's a rehearsal clip we captured earlier this year, just for you With huge thanks to Sarah Lamb, Vadim Muntagirov, and pianist Philip Cornfield | Royal Ballet And Opera

Kenneth MacMillan's MANON returns for its 50th Anniversary. ✨ 🩰 Torn between a life of splendour and her one true love, the Royal Ballet's adaption of Abbé Prévost’s novel embodies MacMillan at his best. 📅 Wed 9 February at 7.15pm. 🎟️ Book tickets now! www.storyhouse.com/whats-on/roh-live-manon/ | StoryhouseLive

Manon in a Minute: Manon and Des Grieux's relationship is passionate but tumultuous, a love affair marked by desire, betrayal, and tragedy. Having danced the title role in London with @royalballetandopera, Tamara Rojo shares how she breaks down the characters, even admitting it might be considered a controversial pov. Manon is onstage now. https://bit.ly/3Bjvi09 (🎥: Tamara Rojo & Carlos Acosta in MacMillan's Manon, Courtesy of Royal Ballet And Opera) #discoversfballet | San Francisco Ballet

Manon in a Minute: MacMillan expert and Manon stager Robert Tewsley shares how he coaches the dancers on finding themselves in the characters through both the story and the movement. Manon opens this Friday. https://bit.ly/3Bjvi09 | San Francisco Ballet