Friday, June 7, 2024
The famed company dissolved in 1996, so how best to bring it back? With new and classic works from the choreographer’s Rolodex of international talent – and by changing the culture of th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02AMRoyal Opera House, LondonLaunching a four-year celebration of Frederick Ashton’s genteel ‘English style’, this triple bill is full of refined beauty and pleasure – though with athlet…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMMonday, May 27, 2024
She has danced pregnant, in bondage gear, and drenched in what looks like menstrual blood – all to unleash the monsters lurking within her and all of us. We meet the unstoppable performer …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMTuesday, May 21, 2024
When she first went moshing, Rachel Ní Bhraonáin couldn’t stop giggling. Now she has made a dance show about the ‘gorgeous community’ she encountered
Walking into a basement club in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMSunday, May 19, 2024
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, LondonThe Revel Puck Circus big top rolls into town, featuring fantastic acrobatics, whimsical clowning and admirable ethics
There’s a festival feel at a Rev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMFriday, May 17, 2024
Big-name ballet dancers and rising choreographers have found a new home in the superclub where the after-party goes on until 5am
“It’s the easiest rider we’ve ever done,” says the Mi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMWednesday, May 15, 2024
Corn Exchange/Dance House, BrightonStopgap and Lîla Dance deliver poetic and political work at this year’s festival, displaying bold innovation and evocative visions
‘It’s impossible …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMTuesday, May 14, 2024
Director who brought contemporary dance to mainstream British TV audiences with films such as Outside In and Veterans
A“magician of the camera” with an extraordinary visual sense, Margar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMThursday, May 9, 2024
The Place, LondonThree performers have knockabout fun in choreographer Simone Mousset’s well-crafted, supremely silly show
It’s funny, this show. Maybe not from the off, when you’re ju…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AMWednesday, May 8, 2024
Aviva Studios, ManchesterDance companies from Shanghai and Mumbai traverse a vast stage against a fast-moving backdrop in a personal story about identity and purpose
The vast populations of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMThursday, May 2, 2024
As the 1975 musical about Broadway hoofers sets off on tour, professionals reveal how much has – and hasn’t – changed since its debut
‘I want it strong! Make it sharp! Take it on the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AMMonday, April 29, 2024
Choreographers from the US, Brazil, Greece and Portugal in the running for the £40,000 inaugural Rose international dance prize
Four choreographers are in the running for the inaugural £40…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMThursday, April 25, 2024
Marylebone theatre, LondonFairytale meets hip-hop in Kevan Allen’s energetic reworking of the classic ballet about a toymaker and his all-too-realistic doll
Kevan Allen usually choreograp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMMonday, April 22, 2024
He’s the world’s hottest choreographer, the man who cooks up steamy videos and stage shows for giants of music. But does the Atlanta star ever think he goes too far? Quite the opposite �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMFriday, April 19, 2024
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonHofesh Shechter’s young company are an international bunch but their slo-mo curves and sudden shocks deliver some startling home truths about the UK
There’s a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02AMFriday, April 12, 2024
The Coronet theatre, LondonTension between the organic, human-made and the digital permeates Chieh-hua Hsieh’s show as performer Ting-Ting Chao becomes an incredible vibrating energy force…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMSunday, April 7, 2024
Lilian Baylis studio, Sadler’s Wells, LondonFull of dancey japes, games and satisfyingly tactile characters, BalletLorent have created an enjoyably gentle adaptation of Margery Williams’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMSunday, March 31, 2024
Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, LondonFun songs and exciting immersive touches delight children and adults alike in a lively picture book adaptation from actor Cush Jumbo and Katy Sechiari…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMFriday, March 29, 2024
Choreographer Kenrick Sandy and composer Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante’s acclaimed troupe are back with a pulsating new piece, inspired by grime, jungle and carnival
Sunday afternoon in Tow…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMThursday, March 28, 2024
Sadler’s Wells, LondonGiven its UK premiere by English National Ballet, Johan Inger’s new version of the Bizet story cuts out cliche and embraces the bleakness – albeit at the expense …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:09AMTuesday, March 26, 2024
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonRafael Bonachela’s beautiful choreography and Paula Levis’ striking costumes stand out in pieces ranging from a gentle voyage to stark electro i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMFriday, March 22, 2024
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonYorke Dance Project celebrate Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham and Bella Lewitzky in a mixed bill that offers a valuable lesson
If the title of this mi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMThursday, March 21, 2024
Sadler’s Wells, LondonBeautiful choreography and a clever script create a shifting, unknowable world in Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young’s new show
I think we can confidently say this is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMFriday, March 15, 2024
Corn Exchange, BrightonCharlotte Vincent revisits her 30-year back catalogue with a focus on young performers, offering fascinating glimpes into the world she’s created
Unlike painters, sa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMThursday, March 14, 2024
A pivotal figure in contemporary dance, known for stripping the artform of its classical and modern techniques
In the early 1970s a rangy Arizonan arrived in Devon as a guest teacher at Dart…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMSunday, March 10, 2024
Leeds Grand theatreProkofiev’s score takes flight as the warring clans go at it, while the lovers display all the tortured passion of their teenage tragedy in this innovative and explosive…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMFriday, March 8, 2024
Sadler’s Wells, LondonNYCB’s first UK visit in 16 years brings a quadruple bill that looks to the past briefly, but mostly presents a very 21st-century vision
One of the world’s most i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36PMMonday, March 4, 2024
The acclaimed dancer, director and choreographer takes on ballet’s favourite frosty Christmas show, with his Cuba-based company Acosta Danza
“I want to make it snow in Havana,” said Cu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMSunday, March 3, 2024
The Place, LondonHumans keep making the same mistakes as five survivors of an apocalyptic event try to build a new civilisation
How to Build a Universe is a high-concept show. Imagine you we…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMFriday, February 23, 2024
Ahead of a London show, the choreographer talks about his new Sufjan Stevens musical, community in dance, and how election results can affect his moves
When Justin Peck was a teenage ballet …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMThursday, February 22, 2024
Leeds PlayhouseBelonging: Loss. Legacy. Love brings together work by Phoenix’s new boss Marcus Jarrell Willis, Miguel Altunaga and Dane Hurst
Formed in 1981, Phoenix Dance Theatre have had…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PM 
