Sadler’s Wells, LondonTanztheater Wuppertal’s dancers negotiate a prickly set in Pina Bausch’s cruel but tender comedy Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMLa Fille Mal Gardée | Children’s Ballet Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMPurcell Room, LondonHeadbanging, football chants and military drill combine in these rowdy and hilarious routines choreographed by Anthony Missen Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:22AMRosie Kay Dance Company: 5 Soldiers | Dance International Glasgow Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMRoyal Opera House, LondonVadim Muntagirov and Laura Morera fizz, spark and rise to moments of transcendence in Frederick Ashton’s tale of wayward children and their parents Continue readin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:20PMSadler’s Wells, LondonThe choreographer’s 1984 work – receiving its UK premiere – has sublime individual moments, but the prevailing tone is one of aggression and threat Continue rea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMA dream team of fashion houses and choreographers, from Alexander McQueen to Wayne McGregor, are collaborating on a series of films, including the first piece created by Pina Bausch’s comp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:34AMDirector Kevin O’Hare’s creative, forward-thinking lineup sees four in-house commissions, new scores and the launch of the young choreographer programme, but female contenders are still …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:11AMColiseum, LondonSpectacular monstrosity and intense sadness are captured in these forensic studies of the personal life of a ballerina Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AMAkram Khan, Hofesh Shechter and Lloyd Newson have complained about the quality of graduates of the UK’s top dance schools. But a good dance education is not only about performanceAs a prov…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMRussian dancer Diana Vishneva pirouettes between Moscow and New York – with masseurs on speed-dial around the world. The superballerina tells Judith Mackrell about why she’s worried abou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:59AMTanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch | Diana Vishneva: On The Edge Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMNational Youth Dance Company | Ballet Central Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMSadler’s Wells, LondonBeautifully told and performed, Scottish Ballet’s inventive and minimal production has an immensely touching Blanche DuBois Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:11AMDistinguished dance critic of the Guardian and editor of Dancing Times for 45 years, she also wrote several influential books about the art form she loved Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:11AMRoyal Opera House, LondonUntouchable, a piece about outsiders, starts well but loses its way in a bill that also has Balanchine’s Four Temperaments and MacMillan’s Song of the Earth Cont…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:13AMThe Place, LondonSocial media and urban alienation were in the spotlight as the dance world came together to celebrate the massive force of one man’s influence Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:35AMA Streetcar Named Desire | Bridging The Void Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AMLinbury studio, LondonChoreographer Shobana Jeyasingh embraces the preposterous melodrama and seductive beauties of Petipa’s oriental ballet and adds inspired postmodern twists Continue re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:19AMAudiences tweeted their love after live cinema screenings of the Royal’s current production – but others hate the gothic set and costumesAs the Royal Ballet dance the final performances …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSadler’s Wells, LondonThe chemistry of the cast and the unerring wit and humanity of the direction are irresistibleWhether he’s working with a soloist from the Paris Opera Ballet, or wit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AMColiseum, LondonDavid Bintley marks 20 years as director with this bold, brash revival that sets medieval-era cantata Carmina Burana in a world of nightclubs and street gangs Continue readin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:20AMRoyal Opera House, LondonSteven McRae and Evgenia Obraztsova display an exceptional rapport in this garish and gothic stagingThe on stage pairing of Steven McRae with Bolshoi ballerina Evgen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:01AMThe Show Must Go On | Bayadère - The Ninth Life Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AMNew performance spaces can justify their cost and become creative hubs by offering studio space and even accommodation to underpaid local artists Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:41PMLinbury Studio theatre, LondonThe French company comes to the UK with two premieres that move from graceful order to frenetic chaos and back again Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:13AMSadler’s Wells, LondonThe ENB’s artistic director makes her mark with confident stagings of works by Jiří Kylián, William Forsythe and John Neumeier Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:15AMShoreditch Town Hall, LondonFrom a smoky dreamworld to a domestic goddess, this promenade showcase bears testimony to the company’s enduring quality Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:58AMVincent Dance Company | English National Ballet: Modern Masters Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:10AMJean-Christophe Maillot’s edgy, energetic version of the classic is entirely dance-led, prop-free and avowedly untraditional Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMAlexei Ratmansky is aiming to make his new production of the classic ballet as close to Marius Petipa’s 1890 original as he can – and the dancers are rising to the physical challengeIt�…
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