Wednesday, January 2, 2019
From Hitler and Cath Kidston to Freud and Madonna, a dance-drag act makes unlikely pairings duet together Unmissable theatre, dance and comedy for 2019About five years ago, in a room above a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMWednesday, December 19, 2018
Royal Opera House, London A fine take on Chekhov’s melancholy Three Sisters brings bite to this seasonal triple bill, before ice skaters and lovers restore the yuletide glowWho needs festi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMMonday, December 17, 2018
Romeo and Juliet muddled into middle age, Akram Khan suffered shell-shock, Rambert2 lost control – and William Forsythe gave ballet a stratospheric street shakeupMore best culture 2018 Ove…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMThe Place, LondonIt’s bright and bouyant and the music, influenced by Afrobeat, is excellent but Vicki Igbokwe’s fairytale has problems in toneChoreographer Vicki Igbokwe is best known f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMThursday, December 13, 2018
Sadler’s Wells, LondonIntensity surges from the stage in this dark contortion of the classic ballet, given a mighty injection of new energyIt’s funny that Matthew Bourne’s shows are as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMWednesday, December 12, 2018
Dynamic artistic director Benoit Swan Pouffer has grand designs for Britain’s oldest dance company, from diversifying the audience to finding new choreographers“I want this company, Ramb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12AMMonday, December 10, 2018
Second Home, LondonDisaffection trumps dynamism in Steven Warwick and Carlos Maria Romero’s site-responsive piece staged in a co-working spaceThe minimal electro beat ramps up and a gaggle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PMSunday, December 2, 2018
Sadler s Wells, LondonGöteborgsOperans Danskompani paired the sculptor with choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui for this thrilling piece exploring how we mould and remould ourselvesSculptor …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMWednesday, November 28, 2018
Sadler’s Wells, LondonChoreographers Sébastien Ramirez and Honji Wang interpret a pained but pretty soundtrack of electro-chill loops The themes of mortality and loss in Nitin Sawhney’s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMMonday, November 26, 2018
Sadler’s Wells, LondonCurated by Khan, this celebration of classical Indian music dips into dance forms boasting symmetry, balance and beauty Hands and faces are two sorely underused body …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMWednesday, November 21, 2018
Royal Opera House, LondonAlastair Marriott’s evocation of conflict is caught between gracefulness and tragedy while Wayne McGregor and George Balanchine still shine‘He was lying there in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMFriday, November 16, 2018
From The Ballad of Buster Scruggs to Unknown Mortal Orchestra, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMWednesday, November 14, 2018
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe cellist and choreographer present an ancient Persian love story with striking designs by Howard HodgkinLayla and Majnun fall in love, but when Layla is married of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMWednesday, November 7, 2018
Sadler’s Wells, LondonRambert showcases its new sister company in Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar’s knockout Killer Pig, plus work by Benoit Swan Pouffer and Rafael BonachelaEight hundred youn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMShe thinks ballet’s broken – and has a plan to fix it. The star of Disney’s Nutcracker reboot talks about racism, nude shoes and growing up bendy‘Ballet was definitely my escape,” …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15AMFriday, November 2, 2018
Royal Opera House, LondonThe loose plotting of the love story is offset by performers who elevate the melodrama to mesmerising levelsLet’s take a moment to appreciate the genius of Mariane…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMThursday, November 1, 2018
The Place, LondonBoundaries between fake and real are blurred and broken in a smart, funny show that fuses science and artFake operations that cure knee pain, empty pills that work as well a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PMWednesday, October 31, 2018
Sadler’s Wells, LondonFire ripples through dancers’ bodies in Juanjo Argues’ vital new work, while David Bintley rekindles his Sun King spectacleThis double bill from Birmingham Royal …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMFriday, October 26, 2018
Lilian Baylis Studio, London Dancers Eleanor Sikorski and Charlotte Maclean weave patterns of wit, absurdity and giddy joy in a strange and quietly radical showTwice a finalist in the Place …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMTuesday, October 23, 2018
Sadler’s Wells, LondonJasmin Vardimon’s twist on the ancient Greek myth features near-contortionist dancers and violent choreography let down by a cloudy central conceptA billowing plast…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMFriday, October 19, 2018
Dimitris Papaioannou’s show at Dance Umbrella is a painterly piece that leaves little to the imagination, while Le Patin Libre deliver a haunting show on iceLondon’s Dance Umbrella festi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMMonday, October 15, 2018
After fresh and funny takes on Shakespeare and Paradise Lost, Ben Duke brings together five people who have had a stroke to tell their stories – and help them reconnect with their bodiesIt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:04AMFriday, October 12, 2018
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe theatre celebrates its 20th anniversary with three ambitious, striking, heart-lifting new commissions from Botis Seva, Julie Cunningham and Alesandra Seutin To ce…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:04PMTuesday, October 9, 2018
Out with abstraction and virtuosity for its own sake: these idealistic young choreographers are making empowering work that tackles big issues“I always say I just want to save the world,�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:04AMMonday, October 8, 2018
A quick-stepping dance from the townships has gone mainstream thanks to its crazy energy, competitive edge and campaigning forceIn the beginning, it was all about the shoes. In the early 195…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AMFriday, October 5, 2018
Purcell Room, LondonThe Beijing-based choreographer offers a fascinating reappraisal of a propagandist balletIn the first years of China’s Cultural Revolution, there were only eight “mod…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMFrom A Star Is Born to Reckonings, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AMWednesday, October 3, 2018
Royal Albert Hall, LondonA mixed bill involving Acosta’s Havana-based company was not so much a summing up of his 30-year career as a step forwardCarlos Acosta is celebrating 30 years as a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PMFriday, September 28, 2018
Old Vic, LondonPepys’s celebrated diaries come under feminist scrutiny in Big Dance Theater’s postmodern mashupWhat’s the British slang for penis? The woman in the wig wants to know. S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PMFriday, September 14, 2018
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe ballet superstar plots a course from classic to modern with six pieces that evoke eeriness, desolation and giddy joyMuch is made these days of ballet dancers bein…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMThursday, September 6, 2018
Sadler’s Wells, London Rigal’s performers explore street vernaculars and the shamanic power of music in this flawed if clever pieceSix fresh young dancers look as if they’ve bought the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM 
