Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Available onlineDust and Light, Triangle of the Squinches and Scheherazade showcase the elegant nature of King’s work, which pushes beyond classical ballet
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMMonday, April 27, 2020
Available onlineTwo dance works by the Swedish choreographer are visually stunning, meshing movement, theatre, design and music
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMTuesday, April 21, 2020
From Robbie Fairchild’s electric escape to Francesca Hayward’s head-spinning pirouettes, here are five joyful homemade clips
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32AMThursday, April 16, 2020
Available onlinePaintings are given elastic life in this energetic showcase, which reimagines the collection’s extraordinary wartime evacuation to a Welsh slate mine
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMWednesday, April 15, 2020
Available onlineShechter’s work begins in Regency-esque civility and ends in an orgy of highly choreographed violence
The best arts and entertainment during self-isolation
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMMonday, April 13, 2020
Available onlineThere are striking moments in the films of this dance group’s performances, inspired by New York Trilogy and The Odyssey
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMThursday, April 9, 2020
Watch a short solo from Birmingham Royal Ballet performed by a dancer and two musicians in their own homes
• Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watch online
The danci…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMThursday, March 26, 2020
Michael Nunn and William Trevitt are characteristically unpredictable as they launch the Facebook Premieres series from Sadler’s Wells
With their 20th anniversary tour now on hold, BalletB…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36PMTuesday, March 24, 2020
Dancers are sharing their skills online as venues are shut due to the coronavirus. Our critic stepped up to test one out
The core of a ballet dancer’s life is daily class. Whether it’s a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMThursday, March 12, 2020
While Richard Alston’s company hang up their dance shoes, archivists and choreographers are grasping at ways to immortalise an inherently slippery art form
Earlier this month, Richard Alst…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMMonday, March 9, 2020
A superb documentary immerses you in the choreographer’s creations and shows off his own wild and weightless performances
Given the gift of time travel, you’d have to drop in on the earl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMSunday, March 8, 2020
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe company’s final outing after 25 years ran through some of Alston’s most dynamic newer works, with performances ranging from the spellbinding to the effortless…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMThursday, February 27, 2020
Sadler’s Wells, London Cheng Tsung-lung’s 13 Tongues circles and flows, while Lin Hwai-min’s Dust is a slow slide into the dark
Forty-seven years ago, a man who knew next to nothing ab…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMSunday, February 23, 2020
Until her death in a freak accident, the ‘radical and shocking’ Isadora Duncan transformed dance. Now her feminist free spirit struts the stage again
‘You’ll have to excuse me, I’m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMFriday, February 21, 2020
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe English National Ballet’s luminous lead principal here creates her own show, ranging from Frederick Ashton to Arvo Pärt and two superb short films
It’s impos…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMThursday, February 20, 2020
Peacock theatre, London A compelling cast pour their hearts into Kate Prince’s jukebox tale of civil war, trafficking and three siblings separated as refugees
A hip-hop dance show set to t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMTuesday, February 18, 2020
Royal Opera House, LondonCathy Marston’s first main stage commission for the Royal Ballet translates Du Pré’s lyrical presence on the podium into dance, capturing her deep love affair w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMFriday, February 14, 2020
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, London The proximity to the action in this show highlights the finesse and strength of the Havana troupe
Only a few months since Acosta Danza were last in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMThursday, February 13, 2020
Sadler’s Wells, LondonSet to Bartók’s opera, the bloody myth becomes a bleak battle of the sexes where we can never quite tell right from wrong
Pina Bausch was of the “hell is other p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03PMFriday, February 7, 2020
New artistic director aims to attract younger audiences and promises more than 20,000 tickets for £20 or less as company reveals 2020 programme
Carlos Acosta has pledged to transform Birmin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMThursday, February 6, 2020
Sadler’s Wells, LondonMichael Keegan-Dolan’s new dance work is steeped in the landscape and culture of the Dingle Peninsula
It starts out like a sinister cult: the mask of a black ram, a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMWednesday, February 5, 2020
Phoenix Dance Theatre’s show looks back to the Zong slave ship massacre and the Kālā Pānī prison torture. Three choreographers explain how they created it together
How many people does…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMSaturday, February 1, 2020
From The Lighthouse to The Haystack, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMSaturday, January 25, 2020
From The Personal History of David Copperfield to Madonna, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36PMFriday, January 24, 2020
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonThis experiment by film-maker Kibwe Tavares and choreographer Sharon Eyal brims with talent but is frustrating
Two young women in heavy robes and el…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMWednesday, January 22, 2020
Jacksons Lane, LondonIn this acrobatic theatre show, the Berlin circus trio Still Hungry juggle roles and wrestle with all the anxieties and expectations that come with child-rearing
A disc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMMonday, January 20, 2020
From the soulful Jemima Brown to BBC Young Dancer champ Nafisah Baba, these dynamos have a stellar year ahead
This Northern Irish dancer starts the year nominated for two Critics Circle danc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMRoyal Opera House, LondonThe Russian ballerina is exhilarating to watch in John Cranko’s 1965 take on Pushkin’s novel, partnered by Reece Clarke in the title role
There are few dancers w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMFriday, January 17, 2020
From Waves to Beat Horizon, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMThursday, January 16, 2020
Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe Canadian company’s colourful Mexican-flavoured show is full of heart-stopping skill, dreamy lyricism and visual whimsy
Many contemporary circus groups sell the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMWednesday, January 15, 2020
The Pit, LondonFleur Elise Noble’s fantasy show at the London international mime festival is highly original and unsettling
The London international mime festival (43 years old and stronge…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM 
