250 stories by "Sanjoy Roy"
Choreographer who played a leading role in developing the independent dance scene through the 1970s and early 80sThe choreographer Richard Alston, who has died aged 77, was a landmark figure…
Royal Opera House, LondonMixing contemporary, Cuban and classical works, Acosta has charisma to burn and is accompanied by an impressive cohortIt’s a bit of a stretch to call this undoubte…
This year’s celebration of contemporary dance in the French city is bold, baffling and breathtaking, with some high-voltage performersLaunched in 1981, the pioneering Montpellier Danse fes…
The Place, LondonThis audiovisually immersive, anime-inspired dance piece is full of stylishly fluid movement and thrilling fights and face-offs
Some contemporary dance can make you feel l…
Linbury theatre, LondonFor its quarter of a century celebrations, the company combines an eloquent new dance that speaks of idealism with a revival of its punchy social drama
It's 25 years s…
As Angela Rippon's Let's Dance campaign aims to get the nation moving this week, older dancers share how they overcame nerves to relish the benefits
In retirement, Suzanne Tarlin heard herse…
Linbury theatre, LondonGlen Tetley's landmark 1962 ballet, set to Schoenberg's atonal score, is stark, strange and psychologically charged
Sometimes the revival of an old work can make it, a…
The Pit, Barbican, LondonElisabeth Gunawan's mythological horror blends puppetry, dance, theatre and film to explore the effects of a family's relocation from Hong Kong to the US
Like so man…
The festival delivers a fantastic new work by William Forsythe, pure class from François Chaignaud and a Jan Martens revival that exasperates and enlivens
William Forsythe's new piece Und…
Aviva Studios, ManchesterRiven in two by grief " with musician John Grant playing the mind and former Royal Ballet principal Ed Watson the body " lead character George takes a finely danced …
Death looms large in the pair's dance trilogy but, as Complicité's artistic director says, confronting it is 'integral to and essential for life'
To one side of this light-filled studio at …
Yngvild Aspeli, whose staging of the Melville novel forms the centrepiece of this year's MimeLondon festival, explains the eerie magic of her craft
It is unnerving to be taken backstage afte…
Sadler's Wells, London Back for a 30th anniversary tour, the star choreographer's signature wit and tenderness shine in this perennially haunting fantasy
'Matthew B…
Theatre503, LondonThe heightened body language of a tempestuous couple breaks out into choreographed scenes in this play that reaches far beyond its restricted space
It doesn't look like muc…
After root-and-branch reworkings of Giselle and Swan Lake, the celebrated Irish choreographer is back with Nobodaddy, a trip 'through the bottomless pit'
'I keep making pieces that I think m…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonOcean Chillingworth's show depicts a brutal fight that turns into something altogether messier
This much we know from the title: there will be blood. We're given…
Lyceum theatre, SheffieldBeautifully staged and danced with bonneted and bewhiskered brio, Dickens's classic dose of festive escapism is the gift that keeps on giving
Directed by Christopher…
Royal Opera House, LondonFrom the flowing beauty of Kyle Abraham to the choppy poker-faced humour of Pam Tanowitz, these four contemporary ballets are excellently danced
In the brochure for …
Sadler's Wells, LondonYip Man, who taught Bruce Lee, is the inspiration for this series of awesomely executed showdowns and acrobatics
History may be about the past but it speaks to the pres…
Roundhouse, LondonThe acrobatic blockbuster is a night out loaded with set pieces and special effects but feels designed for digital bursts on social media
Fuerza Bruta's Aven is not just a …
Ustinov Studio, Bath This exquisitely formed dancework inspired by Greek myth explores desire and dysfunction
The tiny Ustinov Studio at Bath's Theatre Royal has, under the direction of Debo…
Norwich Theatre RoyalBrew revisits the car crash at the beginning of his ballet career that killed his three companions and left him paraplegic
Not quite dance, not quite theatre, An Acciden…
Each time she takes the stage, the Korean choreographer and dancer asks if it will be the last time. She reflects on crushing stereotypes, breaking into theatre and her 100 failed auditions …
Barbican, LondonIn ragged rocksteps and snaredrum springs, choreographer Kenrick Sandy and composer Michael Asante catch the connections between sound and movement
Founded in 2001, Boy Blue …
Sadler's Wells, LondonWorks from veteran dancers Germaine Acogny, Malou Airaudo, Louise Lecavalier and Ben Duke challenge perceptions of age, with performances full of spirit and maturity
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