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Greenwich and Docklands international festival, Canary WharfFrom Joe Garbett’s playful table-tennis mashup to Gandini Juggling’s deadpan duet, dance acts thrived in the open airOpen-air …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMSadler’s Wells, LondonNDT present four pieces including a brilliant reunion for Betroffenheit’s Crystal Pite and Jonathon YoungNederlands Dans Theater is a company of outstanding dancers…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMGreenwich and Docklands international festival, LondonSouthpaw’s open-air work combines the combative prowess of its performers with punchily rhythmic dynamicsNewcastle-based Southpaw Danc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMSadler’s Wells, LondonThe German company perform a trio of suspenseful, deadpan and always sparkling works by William ForsytheIt is not uncommon to see a William Forysthe piece on a ballet…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMBirmingham Repertory theatreMore than 100 community performers help fill this ambitious modern-day retelling with soldiers, clubbers, salsa, bhangra, robots, ghosts and Pina Bausch-style cho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMThe Place, LondonChoreographer Faustin Linyekula brings a ground-shaking intensity to his odyssey through the virulent history of CongoIn Search of Dinozord begins, as earthquakes do, with a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMSadler’s Wells, LondonThe influential choreographer’s final solo show is a mythic elegy to India’s war deadIt is surely key to Akram Khan’s magnetism that his first training was in k…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMNorfolk and Norwich festivalJigs, folk music and melancholic messages marked this seafront revival of Stopgap Dance Company’s poetic open-air showSandwiched between the beachfront Sea Life…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:04AMSadler’s Wells, LondonKim Brandstrup’s mysterious take on Calderón’s 17th-century play is set in an illusory world of doppelgangers, alter egos and unstable duetsBilled by Rambert as …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMLillian Baylis theatre, LondonCarlos Pons Guerra’s production for DeNada Dance Theatre is a lurid mix of melodrama and showmanshipYoung Spanish-born choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra has be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:04PMSadler’s Wells, LondonPoet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and director Liv Lorent join forces for a twisted tale of beauty and crueltyFolktales are stories spun of twisted threads – beauty and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:29AMBarbican, LondonArthur Pita’s take on Shakespeare and ballet is paired with Cathy Marston’s masterful adaptation of a Can Themba short story in this inspired programmeWatch any Ballet Bl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:46AMCast, DoncasterSharon Watson’s show retraces the steps of the Caribbean passengers who landed on British shores 70 years agoIt’s been 70 years – a lifetime – since 492 Caribbean men …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMSadler’s Wells, LondonIn a flaming red dress, the bold Bayón delivers an eerie show that combines kitsch with horrorWhen the impeccable Isabel Bayón first worked with flamenco maverick I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:34AMLyn Gardner’s press ticket for the circus superstars was withdrawn after her verdict on their earlier show. So we bought her one and sent Sanjoy Roy along to get a second opinion on Cirque…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:21AMThese clips reveal how the late actor's classical dance training helped him smoulder on stage and screenBefore he was an actor, Patrick Swayze was a ballet dancer. He began at his mother's d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PMFrom jazz-like showdowns to gender-fluid love stories, the festival’s electrifying debut dance programme showcased a thrillingly diverse performance traditionThe 12th edition of the annual…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AMA crossover pioneer, this American choreographer melds classical ballet with modern, jazz, ballroom and even aerobics in an energetic mix that impresses, if not always endears Continue readi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AMThe Place, London From a snail’s-pace procession to techno-pogoing in hot pink light, the Korean choreographer’s relentless routines are hypnotic but emptyThe opening of Eun-Me Ahn’s L…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMA trio of works staged in striking industrial settings blur the roles of dancer and audience – and raise compelling questions about the nature of performanceA ballet in an old warehouse. A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:04PMSadler's Wells, London"Sutra" literally means thread. In Hinduism and Buddhism, it is the term given to a collection of aphoristic verses linked by a common theme. That makes it perfect as t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMColiseum, LondonStrictly Come Dancing is a huge TV hit, and a stage spin-off sounds like a good idea: the performers and the dance styles have a high recognition factor, and a live show can …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMBrighton DomeWith its unorthodox seating, shape-shifting set and even dancers hatching from eggs, this show makes up for some awkward pacing with a wealth of ideas In the brief prologue to T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMLilian Baylis studio, Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe audience becomes the performance in this eight-hour cycle that puts Whitney Houston and drum’n’bass alongside historical world eventsPro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMJakop Ahlbom combines stage magic with references to classic scary movies in a cult show that returns the horror genre to the theatreJakop Ahlbom has created a monster. The Swedish theatre d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32AMThey were founded for a dare in 1984, but Les Ballets C de la B's mix of surrealism, slapstick and semiotics has made them one of the world's most influential dance theatre companies Continu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMBarbican, London A remarkable triple bill melds everything from body-popping to krump and African dance, turning bodies into automata, weapons and channels of pure emotionBoy Blue Entertainm…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMHe's the ballet punk whose choreography turned him into dance's rock'n'roll legend. Sanjoy Roy profiles the rise, fall and rebirth of an iconoclassicistIn short Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06AMLilian Baylis theatre, LondonPatel’s superhero is back, disguised as a white man, but this show’s commentary on sexism and racism lacks depthHetain Patel’s American Man starts where hi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMThe Place, LondonCharlotte Vincent’s brave exploration of our hypersexualised world takes an unflinching look at when adults ‘follow’ and ‘like’ vulnerable childrenWe’re seated a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMIn the fourth instalment of our series introducing major choreographers and companies, Sanjoy Roy explores the work of William ForsytheIn short Continue reading...
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