Sunday, July 17, 2022
Recent performances by the National Youth Dance Company and the Royal Ballet School showcased dancers whose technique, physical commitment and emotional maturity belie their age
The National…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMFriday, July 8, 2022
The TV adaptation of Dolly Alderton’s memoir depicts the triumph of female friendship in its characters’ dazzling and defiant urge to make the world their dancefloor
The TV adaptation of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMWednesday, July 6, 2022
Phil Wang makes a heroic return, Ian McKellen stars in a balletic Hamlet and Sophie Duker is gleefully carefree. Here are our picks of the festival’s comedy, theatre and dance
20 great Ed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AMSunday, July 3, 2022
Sadler’s Wells, LondonPagés breathes new life into flamenco’s roots as she performs with the full spectrum of emotion in a thoughtful, history-spanning work
Dancers have an interesting …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMSunday, June 26, 2022
Due to open in Stratford next year, the sibling to the Islington institution will have a special emphasis on local talent, hip-hop and artists of colour
The sun is beaming across London’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PMThe Place, LondonChoreographer Cha Jinyeob’s intimate and at times opaque exploration of womanhood
Seoul-based choreographer Cha Jinyeob has been a judge on Korea’s version of Strictly C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMFriday, June 24, 2022
Birmingham HippodromeThe director manages to stretch ballet’s mould while retaining mass-market appeal with an exhilarating summer triple bill
As Birmingham Royal Ballet director Carlos Ac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMWednesday, June 22, 2022
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThis company of six men show playfulness and humour, but also serious and passionate self-expression
As a boy, Manuel Liñán used to love to try on dresses and dance…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:37PMWednesday, June 8, 2022
In the first of our festival previews, we round up some of the best offerings we’ve already reviewed – including Tim Key, Liz Kingsman, La Clique and Hungry
This searing, sweaty disco is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMFriday, June 3, 2022
Royal Opera House, LondonWheeldon choreographs Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel’s 1989 tale of food and forbidden passions into a fulfilling ballet full of buoyant movement and visually ar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMWednesday, June 1, 2022
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe rightly revered US choreographer returns with an enigmatic piece that blends Mozart with Afrofuturism and feels experimental but authentic
Very few choreographer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07AMSunday, May 29, 2022
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonStar dancer Natalia Osipova oozes drama in contemporary version of Bizet exploring backstage jealousy and on-stage attraction
Natalia Osipova has danced many pass…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMThursday, May 26, 2022
As his version of Like Water for Chocolate opens at the Royal Opera House, the choreographer talks about how the ballet world is changing – and why he took on the Michael Jackson musical
O…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMWednesday, May 25, 2022
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, BrightonChoreographer Charlotte Spencer probes our experience of the world via our bodies, skin and hands
It was a post-lockdown cliche to say we w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMTuesday, May 24, 2022
Theatre Royal, BrightonAustralian circus group Circa debuts a beautifully detailed interpretation of The Rite of Spring
Since Nijinsky’s riot-inducing premiere of Le Sacre du Printemps (Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMThursday, May 19, 2022
Bibi and Bichu Tesfamariam went from juggling at school in Ethiopia to dazzling audiences with their circus skills around the world. So what’s next?
It all started with three oranges. One …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMSadler’s Wells, LondonThe company’s touring triple bill is a showcase of individual brilliance that testifies to the sure creative hand of artistic director Benoit Swan Pouffer
When arti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AMWednesday, May 18, 2022
Dominion theatre, LondonThe unreconstructed sexism remains but so too do the big song and dance numbers in a production featuring Peter Andre
If you don’t like the idea of joining an entir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMMonday, May 16, 2022
The revered American choreographer looks back at his political family life and the inspiration of his mother’s movement ahead of a rare UK production with Rambert
During the endless screen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PMThursday, May 12, 2022
Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonThe rich abilities of the dancers are beautifully showcased in the double bill of Say It Loud and Black Sun
Over the past 21 years, Ballet Black have blaz…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AMSunday, May 8, 2022
Sadler’s Wells, London This double bill brings a dramatic response to racial harassment and an affirmation of female power. Together, they showcase the vibrant talent in these two British …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMCurve, LeicesterThe New York company makes a long-awaited English debut with a colourful and lively triple bill that interrogates Latinx stereotypes while celebrating self-actualisation
It�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMThursday, April 28, 2022
Watford Palace theatreHofesh Shechter’s hardworking junior company move through Latin, locking, electronic beats and Bach
Hofesh Shechter’s dance always gives way to darkness at some poi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMSunday, April 24, 2022
Royal Opera House, LondonSteven McRae returns from injury to the role he’d made his own in Frederick Ashton’s Rhapsody, while two other Ashton works make up an evening of playful combina…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMThursday, April 21, 2022
The Place, LondonA triple bill from this bright young company features entertainingly noisy body parts, a hint of disaster and some absurdist chaos
NDC Wales are a very likable bunch of danc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMWednesday, April 20, 2022
He’s been portrayed as a lascivious lothario, a likable scamp and even a female librarian. But who was the real Casanova? As the world’s most infamous lover returns to the stage, our wri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AMMonday, April 18, 2022
For more than a decade, Let’s Dance International Frontiers has brought fantastic talent to the stage in Leicester. Its founder looks back – and ahead
‘You see people diversifying the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PMWednesday, April 13, 2022
Sadler’s Wells, LondonAnne Teresa de Keersmaeker’s piece, dedicated to women of resistance, trades on lightness and simplicity but is overlong
This show is dedicated to women of resistan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMFriday, April 8, 2022
Curve theatre, LeicesterA grim, sporadically great show sees Mowgli saved by animals who have taken over idle land in the wake of climate disaster
News bulletins announce forest fires in nor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMTuesday, April 5, 2022
After Putin invaded Ukraine, the Russian dancer denounced the war, left the Kremlin-allied company – and flew out of Moscow that night. As she prepares for her debut at the Dutch National …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:07PMMonday, April 4, 2022
Peacock theatre, LondonThe dancer takes us on his personal journey from South African township to 2020s London with speed, sass and sequins
If you’re a fan of Strictly Come Dancing’s Joh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM 
