Jonathan Gray

Jonathan Gray. Photo: private archive.

Jonathan Gray was born in Wales and studied at The Royal Ballet School, Leicester Polytechnic and Wimbledon School of Art. He was a member of the curatorial department of The Theatre Museum, London, from 1989 until 2005. He joined Dancing Times in 2005, and was editor of the magazine from 2008 until its closure in 2022.

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Melissa Hamilton as Mary Vetsera and Matthew Ball as Crown Prince Rudolf in Kenneth MacMillan's Mayerling ©2026 Tristram Kenton

Jonathan Gray

Letter from London, Spring 2026: Dance North, South, East and West

After a seasonal glut of Nutcrackers, dance companies in London settled into more diverse repertoire from the beginning of 2026. This latest Letter from London takes us from late January until early April.

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Matthew Ball and William Bracewell in Against The Tide at the Royal Opera House. Photo: Tristram Kenton

Jonathan Gray

Letter from London 2

As the British dance scene becomes engulfed, at this time of year, by productions of The Nutcracker, I’d like to take this opportunity, in my second Letter from London, to look back at some of the performances I saw during the summer and autumn. This latest Letter will not be exhaustive, nor will it cover every dance company that has appeared here, but it does take us out of the capital for a brief look at some of the dance companies performing on tour.

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Natalia Osipova as Tatiana and Lukas B. Brændsrød as Eugene Onegin in John Cranko's Onegin ©2025 RBO. Photographed by Andrej Uspenski.

Jonathan Gray

Letter from London

As you might expect from one of the world’s busiest dance capitals, there is always lots to see in London. In this Letter from London, I bring you just a flavour of what has been happening here in the spring and early summer of 2025.

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