Originally made for the National Ballet of Japan, David Bintley’s Aladdin is an efficacious antidote to the panto versions at this time
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:44AMThe third and final programme celebrating the legacy of Kenneth MacMillan sees Northern Ballet performing his First World War masterpiece Gloria at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMBen Duke is a true original. Having trained as an actor and dancer he discovered his calling lay both outside those disciplines
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMTake three female choreographers and set them the challenge of interpreting the same piece of music in their own fashion. Beethoven’s Die
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:12AMIt is five decades since Hair, the hippy musical, first shook its baubles, bangles and beads. Its claim to be the first
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AMThe death of the great Japanese director Yukio Ninagawa in 2016 robbed the international theatre scene of one its most original and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:35AMWayne’s world is increasingly informed by science. The thinking man’s choreographer, McGregor had his entire genome sequenced by the Genetics Clinic of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMOnly a churl would deny Carlos Acosta the chance to let his hair down. And there is plenty of evidence in his
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:44AMFrom humble beginnings in Cuba, Carlos Acosta beat extraordinary odds to become one of the world’s greatest classical ballet dancers. As his
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AMThis is the production of Footloose where all the cast play instruments on stage. As well as dance and sing. I would
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:20AMOne could never accuse Hofesh Shechter of lacking ambition. His latest work is inspired by nothing less than the Apocalypse; it’s the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:27AMThere is a movie in my mind. I see a jungle enveloped in napalm fire. I see helicopter gunships strafing small villages.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AMSeven white globes come gliding into the central space of the Roundhouse. Small propellers whirring, they dance in the air of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AMAs a reaction to the conservative choices of the Mariinsky season (including Swan Lake and Don Quixote), this triple bill is positively
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:59AMIt began as a concept: a flamenco show in search of duende – the elusive, transcendent connection between dancer, musician and spectator.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:01AMOver-choreographed and underwhelming, Rudolf Nureyev’s Romeo and Juliet has always suffered in comparison with versions by MacMillan, Cranko and even Ashton. Created
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:14PMWhile Josette Bushell-Mingo’s one woman show about Nina Simone may invite comparisons with Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, currently at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:57AMFrom fringe shows in London to a musical version of King Kong in Australia, Peter Mumford is at home working on productions
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:06AMMichelle Dorrance is tapping into technology in this show that made its debut in New York last year. A revolutionary tap choreographer,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AMThis is lean and hungry work. Part of the Shubbak Festival celebrating contemporary Arab culture, Mithkal Alzghair’s Solo and Trio are two
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:15AMBeneath dim and shuddering light figures move in shadow; heavily muscled male torsos unfurl like Rodin sculptures coming to life while music
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:07AMThe guitarist calls himself Flash. Which is as good a description of this tribute to the prolific Bollywood composer AR Rahman as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:16AMOne of Crystal Pite’s greatest virtues is that she knows when to stop. The Canadian choreographer’s Emergence is stuffed with ideas and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:14AMThe problem with contemporary circus is that it doesn’t smell. Circus should smell of animals and popcorn and candy floss, hot dogs
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMThe logistics of taking a large-scale ballet on tour can be mind-boggling. Key backstage workers and performers from Birmingham Royal Ballet tell
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMSex, drugs and Franz Liszt, Mayerling has them all. Kenneth MacMillan’s greatest masterpiece is the ultimate antidote for those suffering from a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:32AMNow in its sixth year, the civil war in Syria shows little sign of ending. The conflict has created an unprecedented exodus
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:23AMI would love to say that Sergei Polunin has recovered his mojo. I would love to say that Project Polunin is a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24PMTwo solo pieces, one performer. And yet so marked is the difference between the two it is hard to believe they are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:19AMThis might have been subtitled Automata for the People. Made in 2011 and a big hit on the Continent, Blanca Li’s show
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:06AMEva Yerbabuena is the living embodiment of the phrase “dynamite comes in small packages”. Her compact, formidable form contains enough explosive energy
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