Wednesday, December 1, 2010
The Junction, CambridgeJavier de Frutos made himself a hard act to follow as director of Phoenix. Extravagant, brilliant and occasionally suicidal in his artistic choices, he put himself and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:40PMFriday, November 26, 2010
Matthew Bourne: Cinderella, LondonIt's been more than a decade since Matthew Bourne's Cinderella was last performed in the UK and it returns this season with a distinctive and compelling mak…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08PMSadler's Wells, LondonJasmin Vardimon has always been fearless in her choice of the material she's prepared to tackle, but 7734 is probably the most significant challenge she's set…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:45PMThursday, November 25, 2010
Hippodrome, BirminghamFor any British choreographer, part of the challenge of creating a new Cinderella lies simply in dodging the sweet, funny but overarching shadow cast by Frederick Ashto…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31PMMonday, November 22, 2010
From street dance to Cinderella, we pick the best dance and ballet events across the UK this ChristmasThe Royal Ballet's double-billsThe Royal have packaged up two family double-bills,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMFriday, November 19, 2010
Northern Ballet: The Nutcracker, On tourThe annual Christmas Nutcracker takeover is well under way, but the various productions currently touring the UK differ wildly in what they offer. In…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMBarbican, LondonIt's impossible to count the ways in which the music of Bach has been abused in the name of contemporary dance, but few assaults have been as witless as those committed in Fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PMThursday, November 18, 2010
Sadler's Wells, LondonEver since the ballet world claimed Wayne McGregor as its hottest new choreographer, it has been tempting to see him as a dance-maker of two halves. There's the McGrego…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:29PMFriday, November 12, 2010
Firsts 2010, LondonThe Linbury's mini-festival of experimental work is in its eighth year and, on paper, this looks like one of its strongest seasons yet. Programme one includes aerial acrob…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMFriday, April 2, 2010
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PMBarbican, LondonKontakthof, created back in 1978, is one of Pina Bausch's most minimalist productions. It is set in a drab municipal hall, and its choreography is limited to a palette of shu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PMSunday, August 2, 2009
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:30PMWednesday, December 15, 2004
Zenaida Yanowsky has been too Russian, too intelligent and sometimes just too tall for the great classical roles. But after a decade with the Royal Ballet, that is finally about to change. S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:16AM 
