Sunday, July 18, 2021
Available onlineMarianela Nuñez's irresistible Aurora, a Wayne McGregor pas de deux and one soloist's swansong are highlights of the Royal's 90th anniversary show
As dance shakes out its …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 27, 2021
Available online; live streamHofesh Shechter's groundbreaking 2010 work has lost none of its power, while Scottish Dance's Joan Clevillé revels in a single take
It would be hard to match on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 13, 2021
Royal Opera House; Royal Albert Hall; Sadler's Wells, LondonVadim Muntagirov excelled in a celebration of American ballet while Darcey Bussell staged an impressive showcase of UK talent
The …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 6, 2021
Touring onlineRhiannon Faith's piece about social deprivation in our seaside towns is gloomy but technically impressive
A white space pockmarked with circles of dark dust, like black holes o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 30, 2021
Sadler's Wells, London; touringDancers become cogs in the machine of Whitley's visually dazzling take on technology, while simplicity speaks volumes in Kay's extraordinary solo show
One of t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 23, 2021
Sadler's Wells; Royal Opera House, LondonCue rapturous applause " and backbends " as the stars of ENB and the Royal Ballet storm back to live performance in two bold, future-facing programme…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 18, 2021
Live streamSeventeen dancers play 100 characters in 1,000 costumes in Jo Strømgren's teeming, beautifully filmed piece, but to what end?
Benoit Swan Pouffer took over the artistic leaders…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 4, 2021
Available online; live streamAlexei Ratmansky savours every moment in a new work set to Bernstein, while William Forsythe honours the dancer's relationship with the barre
Dance has been hard…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 7, 2021
Sadler's Wells/ BBC; available onlineBotis Seva's BLKDOG, Matthew Bourne's Spitfire and Shobana Jeyasingh's Contagion are among the highlights in this top-notch if slightly worthy celebratio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 26, 2020
Our critic chooses her highlights, recalling inventive lockdown venues and the emotional return of the Royal Ballet
Film: Mark Kermode's 10 best of 2020
The Observer critics' review of 2020…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 5, 2020
Available onlineFive diversely enjoyable new dance works filmed to watch at home are a testament to artistic director Tamara Rojo's ambitious guiding principles
In her time in charge of Engl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 21, 2020
Available onlineEven on a laptop, the Royal Ballet's latest mixed bill is a joy to behold
When our everyday lives are so confined, there are few more exhilarating pleasures than watching a t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Birmingham RepA timely new work by William Tuckett is the compelling centrepiece of a fine new mixed bill from Carlos Acosta's BRB
"Ballet is back," announced company friend Alan Titchmarsh,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 18, 2020
Royal Opera House, LondonFor the RB's first performance to a live audience since lockdown, Kevin O'Hare prepared an optimistic, invigorating selection of classics
The history of the Royal Ba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 4, 2020
Wim Vandekeybus lets Rambert loose in a nightmare, while Shechter's solo piece has a timely sense of constriction
The Belgian choreographer Wim Vandekeybus likes to provoke so it's no surpri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 19, 2020
Inspired by the true story of a summer dance mania in 1518, a haunting new Artangel project directed by Jonathan Glazer films lone performers around the world dancing till they drop
In the s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AM[SHARE]Saturday, March 14, 2020
Sadler's Wells; Royal Opera House, LondonAlston and company bow out gracefully in the face of budget cuts with a celebratory, intensely moving farewell showRichard Alston has ended where he …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 1, 2020
Barbican; Sadler's Wells, LondonA magnificent double bill by Taiwan's radical Cloud Gate Theatre overshadows a hymn to Isadora Duncan that only hints at her freedom and force
Someone asked m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 23, 2020
Royal Opera House; Peacock theatre, LondonJacqueline du Pré's life story is translated into a powerfully affecting ballet by Cathy Marston, while Kate Prince defies the odds with a refugee …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AM[SHARE]Monday, January 27, 2020
Royal Opera House; Coliseum, LondonNatalia Osipova leads an unforgettable revival of John Cranko's take on Pushkin. And English National Ballet's celebrations bring back happy memories
When …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 19, 2020
The Royal Ballet principal on her changing roles, how she dances through difficult emotions, and being 'a complete bunhead'
Marianela Nuñez is one of the most acclaimed ballerinas in the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AM[SHARE]Monday, December 30, 2019
Pam Tanowitz hit home at last, Akram Khan and David Bintley bowed out, and the dance world looked back to Merce Cunningham and Margot Fonteyn
This felt like a year that belonged to women. F…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM[SHARE]Monday, December 23, 2019
Sadler's Wells, LondonAshley Shaw makes a triumphant return as doomed ballerina Vicky Page in Bourne's inspired adaptation
The Red Shoes was the film that cemented my love for ballet. I saw …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 8, 2019
Royal Opera House, LondonHayward gets things off to a flying start as Ninette de Valois's comic ballet makes an overdue return
Dance has a strange relationship with its past. No art form loo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 24, 2019
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe Cuban star returns with a buoyant showcase of his Havana-based company, while Michelle Dorrance takes tap to another level
Both Acosta Danza and Dorrance Dance are …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 12, 2019
From the ballet performances like 17th century catwalk shows to Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw in a tutu, two exhibitions explore a stylish symbiotic relationship
The shy bookseller play…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 27, 2019
Royal Opera House; Sadler's Wells, LondonThe Royal Ballet is at the top of its game in a new triple bill of MacMillan, Ashton and a pinch of Petipa, while Russell Maliphant creates a mesmeri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 20, 2019
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House; Sadler's Wells, LondonPam Tanowitz's dazzling new piece for the Royal Ballet worked perfectly alongside Ashton and Cunningham. Elsewhere, the best of youn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 12, 2019
Sadler's Wells, LondonGisèle Vienne creates a mesmeric night of intrigue at a rave, while South African whirlwind Dada Masilo makes a ballet classic her own
The women are coming: dark, dang…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 6, 2019
Royal Opera House; Barbican, LondonThe Royal Ballet's Vadim Muntagirov and Sarah Lamb, and Boy Blue's Kenrick 'H20' Sandy, excel in otherwise laboured productions
One reason critics hate awa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 8, 2019
Sadler's Wells, LondonA hip-hop tribute to Alvin Ailey dazzles with its thrilling interpretation of African American livesThe shadow of Alvin Ailey has always stood over the company he found…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AM[SHARE] 
