Sunday, November 13, 2016
Walk among pirouetting dancers or get drawn into the world of a breakdancing wolf this seasonMatthew Bourne’s latest production promises to be more Powell and Pressburger than Hans Christi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02AMFriday, November 11, 2016
Royal Opera House, LondonMultiverse, McGregor’s newest work for the Royal Ballet, is set to Steve Reich’s most apocalyptic score but ends on a note of lyrical, limpid beautyBack in 2006,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMShowstopper! The Improvised Musical | Love, Lies And Taxidermy | My Mother Medea | Blue Heart | The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide To Capitalism And Socialism With A Key To The Scriptures …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMFriday, November 4, 2016
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe storytelling can seem baffling in this tale of an ancient Chinese battle, but the show comes alive through its hallucinatory imagesIt’s hard to think of a more …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMKey Change | World Without Us | The Red Barn | Oil | Grain In The Blood | Rambert | Multiverse | Coal Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMThursday, November 3, 2016
Rodin was enthralled by a new generation of dancers. With its lightning sketches and an expressive bronze of Nijinsky, the Courtauld’s exhibition gives us the sculptor as choreographerWhen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMWednesday, November 2, 2016
He picked on them and pushed them to the limit - but that, according to his company, is what made Antony Tudor great. Judith Mackrell reportsAnthony Dowell still remembers the day when Anton…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54PMHe turned Swan Lake into a homoerotic comedy. Can Matthew Bourne work his magic on the best dance film ever? He talks toxic love triangles and knighthoods “When I’m watching a film or pl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMFriday, October 28, 2016
Sadler’s Wells, LondonDrawing on everything from breakdance to Midle Eastern song, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s new choreography views fusion and collaboration as acts of political resistanceA…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMOne Night In Miami | Ockham’s Razor: Tipping Point | The Red Shed | Portraits In Motion | The Suppliant Women | Nitin Sawhney | Under Siege | The Happiness Project Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMThursday, October 27, 2016
Royal Opera House, LondonIt’s hard to know why the Royal Ballet have revived Kenneth MacMillan’s flawed study of madness, but Osipova’s magnificent performance makes it worthwhile The …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMTuesday, October 25, 2016
Sadler’s Wells, LondonVardimon’s choreography is superbly performed and complemented by artful stage illusions, but this family show’s over-moralising tone slows down the story Related…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:21AMWednesday, October 19, 2016
Sadler’s Wells, LondonIn Bel’s riveting piece, a mixed-ability cast of 20 moonwalk, waltz and pirouette, performing routines the others have to copyThere is a masterful range of styles a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AMSaturday, October 15, 2016
For some ballerinas, being laid up with a serious foot injury can end a career. But not Sarah Lamb. Judith Mackrell talks misogyny, politics and heavy-lifting with the Boston-born power…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:04PMFriday, October 14, 2016
Sadler’s Wells, LondonDavid Bintley’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s play conjures a convincing sense of wonder but conveys too little of the emotional drama Related: David Bintley: ‘Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:56AMMonday, October 10, 2016
Dance Umbrella and CCN-Ballet de Lorraine’s Unknown Pleasures presents five new works anonymously. So, what’s it like to watch a production with no preconceptions?What kind of value judg…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:38AMBarbican, LondonThe punk perfectionist’s homage to Satie, Patti Smith and Bowie packs in a range of moods from enigmatic mournfulness to stomping, dadaist revolutionMichael Clark has never…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:20AMFriday, October 7, 2016
Royal Opera House, LondonFrancesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé dance with unforced beauty, imbuing Ashton’s 1960 romcom with a rare sense of mutual discoveryBallet is all about illusion a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AMThursday, October 6, 2016
Blending a floating grace with a fierce athleticism, the Fabulous Nicholas Brothers won fans from Gene Kelly to Michael Jackson. Now a cinematic retrospective celebrates their talentsWhen co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:04AMFriday, September 30, 2016
Carlos Acosta | The Tempest | Michael Clark CompanyThe great dancer retires from the ballet stage by performing extracts from works such as Balanchine’s Apollo and MacMillan’s Requiem. R…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:57AMWednesday, September 28, 2016
Palace theatre, ManchesterIn a new version of the classic for English National Ballet, Khan give us a modern-day tale of migrants and his choreography rises to the scale of his set design Re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:30AMTuesday, September 27, 2016
He had never worked on a classical ballet, and had seen Giselle just once. But the choreographer jumped at the chance to drag the story into the 21st century – with the help of English Nat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMFriday, September 23, 2016
La Fille Mal Gardée | Giselle | Scottish BalletThe Royal Ballet opens its new season with one of the most captivating comedy ballets in its repertory. Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AMFriday, September 16, 2016
Kabinet K | Jasmin Vardimon Company | Sole Rebel TapA superb cast of children perform alongside two adults in Raw, an entrancingly strange and lively exploration of kids on the fringes of so…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMPattern Recognition | L-E-V – OCD Love | Richard Alston Dance CompanyAlexander Whitley’s fascinating collaboration with the digital artist Memo Akten creates an inventive, innovative dia…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09AMFriday, September 9, 2016
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | Gary Avis & Friends | National Dance Company WalesIn the third programme for this company of fabulous dancers, Robert Battle’s Awakening is program…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20AMWednesday, September 7, 2016
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe present moment breathes through every pore as the long-established US dance troupe begin their UK tour with superb and energetic confidenceNo company in the world…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20AMFriday, September 2, 2016
Candoco Dance Company | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | StompDance plays a key role in the annual Unlimited festival for disabled artists and performers (Tue to 11 Sep), with this compa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:40AMTuesday, August 30, 2016
The artistic director of the American dance-theatre company explains why they are taking on Wayne McGregor’s speedy, scribbling moves and Hofesh Shechter’s bleak and brutal Uprising“I …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:02AMMonday, August 29, 2016
Akram Khan unleashes a radical Giselle, the Alvin Ailey company bring a hip-hop battle and secret choreographers keep audiences guessing at Dance UmbrellaJig your memory: the dance marathon …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:09AMMonday, August 22, 2016
Staged amid sharp rocks and tin cans on a desolate wasteland, Raw asks its young performers to rip up parental rules, evoking the resilience of those who survive on the margins of societyThe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:14PM 
