Tuesday, November 30, 2021
He walked out of the Royal Ballet and went off the rails. But the bad boy of ballet is now a father with a responsible a new attitude – and he’s even dancing Romeo and Juliet
Dancers swe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMThursday, November 25, 2021
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe shows’s Gilgamesh-inspired plot may be near-impossible to follow – but its dazzling performers are hard to resist
Purely in terms of the dancing, the physical…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMWednesday, November 24, 2021
After winning 10 Tony awards on Broadway, an adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s high-kicking, pop song-mashing film hits both the West End and Melbourne. Its creators draw back the red velvet cu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMFriday, November 19, 2021
Leicester Square Spiegeltent, LondonFrom a sword-swallowing fire-breather to high-risk rollerskaters and the Incredible Hula Boy, this is sexy, edgy, head-exploding stuff
Taking the Edinburg…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMWednesday, November 17, 2021
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe performers of the Belgian company Les Ballets C de la B revive a decade-old stage show with added poignancy
Vanessa Van Durme walks falteringly to the mic, should…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMFriday, November 12, 2021
The Place, LondonDevised piece presenting the hopes and fears of its young, untrained cast contemplates a burning world severed by divisions
There’s no way this many teenagers have this li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMThursday, November 11, 2021
The Yard, LondonThis ingenious dance-play hybrid makes use of a richly talented cast to interrogate black masculinity and dismantle stereotypes
Who in tonight’s audience, I wonder, thought…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMTuesday, November 9, 2021
From tap stars duetting with Gene Kelly to Gordon Ramsay twisting with his daughter, TikTok is where performers – large, small, amateur, pro – drop the facade and dance till their toes a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMFriday, November 5, 2021
Royal Opera House, LondonSupported by a talented cast in Peter Wright’s acclaimed production, the principal makes an astounding return to the role she has made her own
Natalia Osipova is a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMWednesday, November 3, 2021
Southwark Playhouse, LondonJazzy vocals come to the rescue of the latest throwback blockbuster to land on the London stage
It seems an unlikely proposal, if not an indecent one, to turn the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMChests must be de-fuzzed, armpits shaved, legs waxed. But as dance becomes more diverse, should it stop policing what grows naturally? Top performers speak out about their body hair
The idea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMThursday, October 28, 2021
The choreographer found himself in a dark place after his son’s birth. He talks about drawing on his fears of being a father to create the Olivier award-winning BLKDOG
When Botis Seva was …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMFriday, October 22, 2021
Sadler’s Wells, LondonFake babies waving to the audience, an imposing puppet bull and an optical illusion of entwined limbs combine in a cocktail of contradictions
Is there anywhere else y…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMThursday, October 21, 2021
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonHeather Agyepong uses improvised movement, set to a soundtrack of real women’s testimonies, to search for equilibrium amid pain
Heather Agyepong cares if you�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36PMMonday, October 18, 2021
Royal Opera House, Linbury theatre, LondonMaurice Béjart’s adaptation of Happy Days sees Alessandra Ferri up to her hips in ballet shoes in this sparse, dreamlike work
Alessandra Ferri is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMFriday, October 15, 2021
Royal Opera House, LondonThe Divine Comedy is brilliantly reimagined by McGregor with music by Thomas Adès, sets by Tacita Dean and a poetic send-off for Edward Watson
For his new ballet, W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMThursday, October 14, 2021
The choreographer and artist discuss creating The Dante Project for the Royal Ballet – and their own visions of heaven and hell
When Wayne McGregor’s reimagining of epic poem The Divine …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMMonday, October 11, 2021
The Place, LondonThis imaginative stage show is ripping fun for under-fives, who will be mesmerised by the paper birds and monsters
My son Jamie has just turned four and he’s seen a few sh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMSunday, October 10, 2021
Royal Opera House, LondonFrancesca Hayward and William Bracewell reprise their roles with new partners as they give a fresh feel to one of the Royal Ballet’s most performed works
In Michae…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMFriday, October 8, 2021
Lockdown’s dance legacy is evident in a new series of films, including one that matches the ex-Bolshoi ballerina with hip-hop choreographer Joseph Toonga
Just because we can get back into …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMThursday, October 7, 2021
Sadler’s Wells, LondonA zany array of characters gather in a 1930s pub for a poignant, chilling and understated portrait of love, lust and longing
The Midnight Bell is Matthew Bourne’s b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36PMSunday, October 3, 2021
Brighton DomeDance fills the gaps between routines in this dreamy, sometimes highly charged reflection on train travel
Turning the act of, for example, swinging someone by their ankles from …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMFriday, October 1, 2021
Choreographer Kate Prince’s latest production is a departure from ZooNation’s usual feel-good shows. But Message in a Bottle is inspired by the incredible true stories
”People like to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:04PMWednesday, September 29, 2021
The Australian dancer allows himself to be dominated on his own terms in a duet bursting with pride – and he’s never felt more free
‘I grew up being told my body was wrong,” says Dan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMAs the star dives into a giant glass of fizz for her first online extravaganza, she talks about this new golden age for burlesque, why the French Strictly gives her costume problems – and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMTuesday, September 28, 2021
Playground theatre, LondonThe extraordinary life story of the Ballets Russes star is retold with intensity, imagination and balletic flourishes
Did you know Ravel’s Bolero was originally c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32PMSunday, September 26, 2021
Nottingham Theatre RoyalKevin Poeung impresses as the Arthurian sorcerer in an energetic but unsubtle telling for family audiences of his younger years
Drew McOnie’s first full-length bal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMFriday, September 24, 2021
Sadler’s Wells, London Starring the superb Jeffrey Cirio, Khan’s third work for ENB is full of urgent ideas. But you can’t tell what they are without reading the programme
It opens wit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMThursday, September 23, 2021
Jacksons Lane, LondonA 10-strong troupe featuring trapeze artists and foot jugglers delivers a warm, sometimes silly and gloriously unglamorous show
Tonight was supposed to be the grand reop…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36PMTuesday, September 21, 2021
ENB’s lead principal has seen ballet grow better, bolder and kinder over 25 years. Now she is taking on Akram Khan’s version of Frankenstein
Erina Takahashi got lost on her first day at …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PMFriday, September 17, 2021
Available onlineThe new livestreamed production from Rambert2 is both sensual and unnerving with a compelling central performance
For some dance companies during the pandemic, streamed shows…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PM 
