Thursday, 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 11:36AMThursday, August 30, 2018
It sets history to hip-hop and has a diverse cast – but Sylvia is not riding on the coattails of Hamilton, says its director Kate Prince. Instead its heroine marches to a beat all her own …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMWednesday, October 11, 2017
The Dane likes his audience to leave their phones on and has a troupe that's the choreographic equivalent of Occupy. He explains why he's aiming for 'something neo-liberalism can't cope with…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33PMTuesday, September 5, 2017
Dancers are cast as string instruments in a show set to the composer’s ‘frighteningly powerful’ late work. Lucinda Childs, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Maguy Marin discuss turning hi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMFriday, August 4, 2017
No Miracles Here, a new show at the Edinburgh festival, revisits the Depression-era craze that had couples dancing for weeks in pursuit of big prize money. Today, that spirit lives on in rea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMWednesday, June 21, 2017
They squeeze into alcoves, pile up by litter trays and pose for family photos with chairs on their heads. Meet the dance troupe making no living room safeI walk through the front door to fin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36AMWednesday, May 17, 2017
From Coppélia and Pygmalion to Mannequin and Buffybot, artists love playing games with lifesize dolls. It's a trail of lust, obsession and beheadingsCoppélia is one of the sillier corners …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42PMMonday, April 24, 2017
How do you tell the story of the ‘gaysian’ drag scene? With killer heels, pineapple hats and lots of duct tape. We go backstage at Miss Meena and the Masala QueensAn actor waits for his …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMThursday, February 23, 2017
She has blazed a trail from Granada to New York to Paris, rapping, partying and dancing in a latex flamenco dress. Is Britain ready for Blanca Li and her ramshackle dancing robots?I didn’t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMThursday, February 2, 2017
Their art form already feels distant to some audiences. Do choreographers just make things worse by coming up with obscure names for their shows?I was once having a conversation with Matthew…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMFriday, January 27, 2017
This week La La Land, whose stars sing and dance, got 14 Oscar nominations. What did former Strictly judge Arlene Phillips think?I had read all the reviews before going to see La La Land and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:04PMThursday, January 12, 2017
Does the mind rule the body? The dancer doesn’t think so – and she’s recruited scientists for her experimental new showWe’re standing in a beautiful, airy dance studio, beneath a cei…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AMWednesday, January 4, 2017
This feature-length animation set in the prestigious Paris Opera school boasts choreography based on real performances and takes the art form seriouslyAsk any ballet dancer about the film Bl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AMSaturday, December 31, 2016
As the Gene Kelly classic An American in Paris makes it to the stage, we celebrate some other big-screen stories with unexpectedly light feet• How Christopher Wheeldon adapted An American …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24PMWednesday, December 14, 2016
Savoy theatre, London Glee’s Amber Riley gives a gutsy performance in the UK premiere of the Broadway musical that bursts with snappy numbers and tight dance routinesFrom the first swish o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24PMWednesday, October 12, 2016
Reading the memoir Just Kids led choreographer Fleur Darkin to create a dance tribute to the photographer’s flower portraits and the punk poet‘The colour is so alive and so free, it almo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:22AMMonday, October 3, 2016
The Royal Court has staged work by top-secret playwrights and Dance Umbrella is presenting new commissions by unnamed choreographers. Mystery performances can be liberating for artists as we…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:26AMMonday, August 29, 2016
From bopping to Top of the Pops to a failed Cats audition, Quarantine’s five-hour show Wallflower asks its performers to recall every time they’ve ever danced Jump to it: the must-see da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:09AMThursday, December 17, 2015
This season’s ice shows offer sequins, fireworks and dancers dressed as Disney characters but there are moves afoot to introduce arty elements to the formWith Christmas this year comes a f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:04AMTuesday, November 24, 2015
The Queen of Pop has always expressed herself through her moves. But who shows Madonna the steps? Her dance crew reveal all – from brutal all-night rehearsals to performing on her command …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:16PMMonday, November 9, 2015
So, Natalia Osipova and Sergei Polunin are a couple. But the passion of dancers should be about scaling dizzy heights, not curling up with a box setWhen Sadler’s Wells theatre announced it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:07AMTuesday, October 20, 2015
The wedding dancefloor would appear to be the main source of inspiration for the Canadian rapper’s Hotline Bling video, but actually he channels thousands of years of dance culture On firs…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:08PMThursday, July 16, 2015
Late nights, early mornings, punishing schedules, stage fright, pulled hamstrings, failed auditions … Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo, Lauren Cuthbertson, Wayne McGregor, Matthew Bourne and mor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AMMonday, July 6, 2015
A shoulder twisted out of its socket? A back flip from the second floor of a building? Those are just the sort of show-stopping moves turning New York’s latest street dance craze into an i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:52AMTuesday, April 28, 2015
Dancers Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet made D’Avant when they were a couple. How does it feel to perform it now they are no longer together?For some people, working with an ex would…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMFriday, April 17, 2015
From ballet to hip-hop, 20 finalists train for thousands of hours in the hope of winning BBC Four’s first contest for dancers aged 16 to 20Twenty-year-old Jonadette Carpio strides across t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:59AMWednesday, April 15, 2015
As the Royal Ballet announces its new season, artistic director defends quality of British dancers and says he is addressing lack of female choreographers In his Covent Garden office, the Ro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMThursday, April 9, 2015
Performers and audiences bounce, climb and play in a spongy immersive world created by choreographer Jasmin Vardimon and architect Ron Arad for Margate’s Turner Contemporary gallery“Foll…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMMonday, December 8, 2014
As the Gene Kelly classic An American in Paris makes it to the stage, we celebrate some other big-screen stories with unexpectedly light feet• How Christopher Wheeldon adapted An American …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:22PMSunday, November 2, 2014
Why are French clowns invading hospitals and should there be dancing in the wards? Meet the performers injecting fresh blood into medical training Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMSunday, July 20, 2014
From Coppélia and Pygmalion to Mannequin and Buffybot, artists love playing games with lifesize dolls. It's a trail of lust, obsession and beheadingsCoppélia is one of the sillier co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00AM 
