Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Royal Opera House, LondonThis revival of Christopher Wheeldon’s ballet looks more impressive than on its 2014 debut, with its original cast returning for the openingWhen Kevin O’Hare bec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:08AMMonday, April 11, 2016
Platform theatre, LondonLights respond to the dancer’s movements in Whitley’s intriguing work, fuelling an interaction where the shifting beams seem to acquire minds of their ownAlexande…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:49AMSaturday, April 9, 2016
Suddenly two of the Royal's biggest stars are leaving the company. Why are they going – and who will replace them?Much of the UK ballet world is in mourning today, following the announceme…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:28PMFriday, April 8, 2016
Mariinsky Ballet | English National Ballet: She SaidFor this rare and brief visit to Wales, the St Petersburg company is focusing on contemporary rather than classical ballet. Wayne McG…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:13AMWednesday, April 6, 2016
Crystal Pite becomes the first woman to create work for the Royal Ballet since 1999 – alongside new productions by Wayne McGregor, Liam Scarlett and Javier de Frutos. It’s another encour…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:21AMWednesday, March 30, 2016
Sadler’s Wells, London Alston spins a hybrid of kathak and classical dance styles from the composer’s sonatas – wringing out a deep, intimate engagement with his fierce rhythmsRichard …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMMonday, March 28, 2016
Sadler’s Wells, LondonCarol Ann Duffy’s clever return to the original fairytale says much about the distorting allure of youth and beauty Grimms’ fairytales are full of bad parents –…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55AMThursday, March 24, 2016
Royal Opera House, LondonThe acting is superb and the dancing has real authority in Peter Wright’s production which opens up dramatic opportunities for the whole castLike every classic of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMTuesday, March 22, 2016
The great Mexican painter is the subject of one of three new works choreographed by women for She Said at Sadler’s Wells. Its creators explain their impressionistic approach to the artist�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMMonday, March 21, 2016
Barbican, LondonCira Robinson and Mthuthuzeli November enact courtship to music by Steve Reich in Pita’s ambitious new work CristauxFew choreographers other than Arthur Pita would attempt …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:40AMFriday, March 18, 2016
The Royal Ballet: Giselle | Bartabas & Andrés MarinPepita’s Giselle is the quintessential romantic classic, the story of a love affair that begins in the real world and continues beyo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AMFrom postcards of ballerinas to digital shots where the performers barely look human, the art of snapping dancers has had a dramatic evolutionPhotography created a revolution in the recordin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AMTuesday, March 15, 2016
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThis beguiling new work by the equestrian-dance maverick is dense with religious imagery and finds a wordless connection between man and beastDuring Easter week in so…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:15AMMonday, March 14, 2016
Royal Opera House, LondonA bad performance can make Spartacus feel like the worst kind of choreography-by-numbers. Grigorovich's 1968 ballet delivers its monumental effects by repeating ever…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15AMFriday, March 11, 2016
British Dance Edition | Ballet Black: Triple BillBritish Dance Edition is one of the major events in the industry year, showcasing a huge range of work by UK-based choreographers and compani…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:07PMLilian Baylis Studio, LondonIn a powerful, poetic work, Marc Brew traces how he returned to performance and reinvented himself as a choreographer after being injured in an accidentMarc Brew …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:04AMWednesday, March 9, 2016
Sadler’s Wells, LondonAnne Teresa de Keersmaeker blends the Bard and Brian Eno in an abstract show, but despite some vivid choreography the results remain impenetrableMusic, rather than st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:51AMFriday, March 4, 2016
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe choreographer yokes Hindu theology to theoretical physics, creating a vast world against the drumming and chanting of Nitin Sawhney’s scoreIn 2002, the premiere…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:38AMAnne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas: Golden Hours (As You Like It) | Protein Dance: May Contain FoodIn the past, De Keersmaeker has taken music as her main source of inspiration, but in Golden …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:38AMMonday, February 29, 2016
Wilton’s Music Hall, LondonBruce’s adaptation of the epic tale has boogieing skeletons, an S&M disco queen and music from Mark Lanegan and MozartWith its dark monsters, fickle gods a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:51AMFriday, February 26, 2016
Akram Khan | Immortal TangoIt was back in 2002 that dancer and choreographer Akram Khan presented his first full-length work, Kaash, with designs by Anish Kapoor and a score by Nitin Sawhney…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:52AMFriday, February 19, 2016
De Nada Dance Theatre: Ham & Passion | TerraAfter setting up DeNada Dance Theatre in 2012, Spanish choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra fast-forwarded his way to a National Dance awards nomi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:46AMWednesday, February 17, 2016
Some thrilling footwork and extraordinary singing in Sara Baras’s flamenco homage isn’t enough to lift this bland production from its classic formatSo much of Sara Baras’s dancing is a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:15AMMonday, February 15, 2016
Royal Opera House, LondonThis Christopher Wheeldon programme includes the premiere of one-act ballet Strapless, whose scandalous heroine Madam X is all attitude and frocks Christopher Wheeld…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:46AMFriday, February 12, 2016
Birmingham Royal Ballet: The Dream & A Month In The Country | Flamenco Festival LondonBirmingham Royal Ballet joins in 2016’s Shakespeare celebrations with seven Bard-inspired ballets …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:22AMFriday, February 5, 2016
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: Como El Musguito | The Royal Ballet: Christopher Wheeldon Triple BillThis is the last work created by Pina Bausch before her sudden death in 2009, and it�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMMillepied’s departure is a surprise: he was meant to revitalise a ballet institution, forcing it into the 21st centuryBenjamin Millepied’s decision to quit his job as director of the Par…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:25AMThursday, February 4, 2016
Tanztheater Wuppertal’s playful Como el Musguito… contrasts with the darkness of Bausch’s early shows while Cunningham’s later pieces hummed with a digital energy. Choreographers’ …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMFriday, January 29, 2016
Mark Bruce Company: The Odyssey | Compagnie Yoann Bourgeois: Celui Qui Tombe (He Who Falls)In collaboration with the same team who worked on his darkly imagined Dracula, choreographer Mark B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:10AMWednesday, January 27, 2016
The Big Dance has been getting the general public moving for a decade. But its greatest achievement is the way we have woven dance into the fabric of our livesTwo of the performances that ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10AMMonday, January 25, 2016
Kay’s 5 Soldiers and Pite’s Polaris are among the shows recognised in a strong year for women at the NDAs, but the distinctly white winners’ list doesn’t accurately represent the Bri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:45AM 
