Thursday, November 5, 2015
An upcoming programme featuring a world premiere with the stellar duo, plus new pieces from Crystal Pite and Javier De Frutos, is proof that the dance house is on a roll under Alistair Spald…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33PMWednesday, November 4, 2015
Sadler’s Wells, LondonA supremely confident triple bill combines a clever response to Picasso’s 3 Dancers, a haunting Schoenberg recital and Miguel Altunaga as a cocky Red Rooster in Chr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:20AMMonday, November 2, 2015
One of Breaking Bad’s producers has created a new show set in the world of ballet. Our dance critic confirms the moves are en pointe, but the script is shakier One of the key things that B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:50AMFriday, October 30, 2015
Lippy, brash and unshaven, the Ballet Boyz were a dance phenomenon. Now, as they enter their 40s, they're launching their boldest venture yetMichael Nunn has just made an unsettling discover…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:20PMSadler’s Wells, LondonThe virtuoso invention of Hussein Chalayan’s first dance work frequently thrills but is impeded by a stop-start flowHussein Chalayan is more than a fashion designer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:29AMRoyal New Zealand Ballet | RambertOver the course of its 62-year history, this company has developed a history of smart and unusual programming, and for this UK tour it is demonstrating its …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AMThursday, October 29, 2015
This year’s award nominations are impressively diverse, with excellent independents vying with the titans of British dance, and fiftysomething dancers getting recognitionLife for independe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:01PMTuesday, October 27, 2015
Royal Opera House, London Acosta’s souped-up ballet looks messy and naive in comparison to the elegance of Liam Scarlett’s Viscera, Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun and George Balan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:40AMSunday, October 25, 2015
Royal Opera House, LondonHayward’s Juliet is transparently spontaneous, beautifully shaped and well paired with Matthew Golding’s ardent, attentive Romeo In the 50 years since Kenneth Ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMFriday, October 23, 2015
Hussein Chalayan: Gravity Fatigue | The Royal Ballet: Viscera, Afternoon Of A Faun, Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux & CarmenCelebrated fashion designer Hussein Chalayan has already had some conn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:22AMTuesday, October 20, 2015
Greenwich Park, London Charlotte Spencer’s journey is more than a choreographed nature trail, as its mobile audience is gently lured into self-discoveryIn so far as Walking Stories feature…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMMonday, October 19, 2015
Sadler’s Wells, LondonBalanchine’s 1947 ballet is pressured and punchy, but the rest of this mixed programme shrinks to caricature and uneven pasticheIn Theme and Variations, Balanchine …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:27AMFriday, October 16, 2015
NCP Car Park Farringdon, LondonDan Canham’s fresh and deliciously convincing mashup of lilting traditional dance and percussive popping and locking succeeds in celebratory style Related: F…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:16PMRussell Maliphant Company: Conceal/Reveal | Out Of India: Modern MovesChoreographer Russell Maliphant and lighting designer Michael Hulls have been working together for the last 20 years, ca…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:15AMMonday, October 12, 2015
For the last decade, too few women have received high-profile dance commissions and run big companies in the UK. Our live-streamed discussion will explore how to support themWhere have all t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMFriday, October 9, 2015
Dance Umbrella | The Royal Ballet Double BillThis may be the most wide-reaching festival in Umbrella’s recent history, with 10 shows across venues in 13 boroughs. There is a focus on outdo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:31AMWednesday, October 7, 2015
Dome, BrightonHofesh Shechter's latest work detonates on stage in a scattershot of shattering political imagery. A samurai soldier performs ritual hara-kiri while a dictator, standing high a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55PMRoyal Opera House, LondonMcGregor’s adaptation of Audrey Niffenegger’s novel takes flight, but Alastair Marriott’s Connectome is left exposed in this mixed programmeWayne McGregor’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:20AMFriday, October 2, 2015
Sébastian Ramirez & Honji Wang: Borderline | Birmingham Royal BalletThis pan-European hip-hop duo have been credited with creating their own genre of urban tanztheater, drawing on their…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:31AMWednesday, September 30, 2015
Linbury Studio, LondonAlessandra Ferri moves from skittish ardour to harrowing, haggard defeat in Martha Clarke’s sensual tale of an ageing woman’s passion for a younger man Related: Kee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AMThe Russian choreographer’s production at Milan’s La Scala brings Petipa’s 1890 ballet back to life and requires dancers to go against all their habitsEver since Matthew Bourne cast Sw…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:15AMTuesday, September 29, 2015
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe Belgian choreographer’s thoughtful collaboration with China’s Yabin Wang searches for communal ground in a disconnected worldSidi Larbi Cherkaoui doesn’t ta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:27AMThursday, September 24, 2015
Linbury Studio, LondonSwerving from clipped minimalism to fast, propulsive ballet, this manic mashup of movement is a little too knowing to pack an emotional punchIt’s 50 years since Kenne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:52AMWednesday, September 23, 2015
Peacock theatre, LondonThe all-male company’s sublime parodies of classical and modern dance from Petipa to Merce Cunningham are on point and brilliantly performed Related: Les Ballets Tro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMSunday, September 20, 2015
Wuppertal Opera HouseSix years after its founder’s death, the Bausch company finally opens up to outside choreographers, and makes some brave departures of styleThere’s a palpable sense …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:22PMFriday, September 18, 2015
Still House: Of Riders And Running Horses | Cas Public: Symphonie Dramatique; Royal Ballet: Romeo & JulietThis latest production from choreographer Dan Canham and Still House is created …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:26AMFriday, September 11, 2015
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo | Hofesh Shechter Company: BarbariansThe all-male Trocks company is still one of the classiest acts in ballet, its comic parodies of the classical reper…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMThursday, September 10, 2015
The fashion designer has worked in dance before, but Gravity Fatigue is the first show he has devised and directed himself. And the sets and costumes are as fabulous as you would expect“I …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:52AMFrancesca Annis and Hussein Chalayan make their debuts, Carlos Acosta does Carmen, and Dance Umbrella perform on the roof of a multi-storey car parkThe all-male Trocks remain one of the clas…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:52AMMonday, September 7, 2015
He was told his autism meant he could never have an independent life – but the non-verbal world of dance changed everything“My favourite role is definitely Odette. I grew up obsessing wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:55AMFriday, September 4, 2015
English National Ballet: Lest We Forget | Northern Ballet: 1984ENB’s new partnership with Sadler’s Wells allows it to use the Wells as a platform for its more experimental programming. T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:26AM 
