Marianela Núñez’s first programme bearing her name, Timeless, is presented as a polished celebration of her long Royal Ballet career and of the company’s choreographers. The reviewer praises the 44-year-old principal’s exceptional technical control and generosity towards fellow dancers, while suggesting that her refined restraint can sometimes limit the sense of emotional rawness.

The Royal Opera House programme includes works by Jerome Robbins, Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan, Christopher Wheeldon and Wayne McGregor. Highlights include Núñez’s performances in In the Night, Marguerite and Armand, Le Corsaire and Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, alongside admired appearances by Matthew Ball and Mayara Magri in Romeo and Juliet, and other Royal Ballet dancers.