Monday, August 18, 2014
Zoo Southside, EdinburghThis avian dance fantasy occasionally takes flight but is brought down to earth through its attempts at jokey narrative Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMFriday, August 15, 2014
Greenside Nicolson Square, EdinburghThe MurleyDance company attempt to rise to the challenge of limited performance space with this triple bill of ballet Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:26AMThursday, August 14, 2014
Royal Opera House, LondonGolovine's original stage designs, Technicolor playing from the orchestra and the ardent energy of the corps brought this Firebird to flaming fruition Continue readi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:39AMWednesday, August 13, 2014
Dance Base, EdinburghA hilarious double-bill of tightly choreographed dance pieces pairs scientists explaining the big bang theory, and a cook chopping up chicken Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:20PMTuesday, August 12, 2014
Edinburgh PlayhouseThe South African choir pairs with Rambert and Royal Ballet dancers for a dynamic marriage of contemporary dance and choral music How Ladysmith Black Mambazo became balle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AMMonday, August 11, 2014
Summerhall, EdinburghA performance full of texture and touch turns on the close proximity of the audience to the panting, sweating dancers Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:13PMRoyal Opera House, LondonThe Mariinsky's joyful dancing does much to make up for Balanchine's occasional lack of choreographic imagination Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMFriday, August 8, 2014
Our critic highlights the mavericks, the out-theres and the unknowns at the fringe, and previews festival work by everyone from Ladysmith Black Mambazo to Pina Bausch Read our feature on Lad…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMThursday, August 7, 2014
Coliseum, LondonA challenging programme by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Ohad Naharin and Arthur Pita sees the Bolshoi dancers on superb form Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:20AMThey are one of the most revered singing groups on Earth. But what happened when Ladysmith Black Mambazo had to learn to dance like ballet pros? We go behind the scenes of Inala, the South A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMMonday, August 4, 2014
Royal Opera House, LondonThe Mariinsky company lives up to its reputation in a production brimming with collective and individual excellence Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07AMSunday, August 3, 2014
Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev were the Bolshoi's golden couple on stage and off. But their love affair is over and they're flirting with new kinds of dance. Judith Mackrell asks them wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMFriday, August 1, 2014
Natalia Osipova & Ivan Vasiliev: Solo For Two | Edinburgh Fringe Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMTuesday, July 29, 2014
Royal Opera House, LondonThe violence is hammy, as are some performances in Lavrovsky's seminal ballet, but Vladimir Shklyarov and Diana Vishneva are nearly flawless Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMMonday, July 28, 2014
Royal Opera House, LondonDepression-era dance marathons provide the backdrop for this gruellingly long, and brilliantly inventive, piece Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMFriday, July 25, 2014
Edinburgh Fringe: week one | Mariinsky Ballet Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMFive years after Merce Cunningham's death, revisit his magical, mysterious work and his influential technique with these clips Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AMMonday, July 21, 2014
SFB's Paris season has works by Mark Morris, Christopher Wheeldon and Jerome Robbins: Morris's Maelstrom is still shockingly original using the simplest of meansIt wasn't so long ago that c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:55AMFriday, July 18, 2014
From Charlie Chaplin to Bauhaus, SFB goes for variety with 16 one-act ballets for its Paris summer seasonIn London, we've got used to the summer diary being taken over by visiting Russians, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:20PMCarlos Acosta: Cubania | Restless Creature Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMFriday, July 11, 2014
Raven Row, LondonRainer's dances seem as revolutionary as ever, performed alongside films and photographs in this evocative exhibitionWhen, in 1965, Yvonne Rainer wrote the opening lines of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:41AMRosemary Lee Dance | Big Dance Weekend Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMTuesday, July 8, 2014
As Nicolas Le Riche's departure from Paris Opera is streamed live online, it's time British ballet made the work of its greatest dancers accessible to everyoneNicolas Le Riche is billed to d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:52AMFriday, July 4, 2014
Peacock theatre, LondonKristen McNally's new work Mad Women is surprising and sharp, but other new choreography here doesn't match the young company's ambitionI'm probably going to like any …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:28AMLes Saisons Russes Du XXI Siècle | Brasil Brasiliero Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMThursday, July 3, 2014
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe 55-year-old dancer pushes herself through a marathon of self-flagellating moves, yet for all her physical charisma, this dance lacks real logic and shapeIn th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:23AMWednesday, July 2, 2014
The dancing is superb but the ambiguity of Sol Leon and Paul Lightfoot's choreography can be challengingSadler's Wells, LondonIt's three years since Sol Leon and Paul Lightfoot succeeded Jir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMTuesday, July 1, 2014
Innovators such as Akram Khan, Jasmin Vardimon and Matthew Bourne rewarded in 2015 Arts Council England settlement that brings dance a 9.4% funding rise, with boost to regional hubsEven for …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:20PMMonday, June 30, 2014
Rambert Building, LondonOften we're standing just inches from dancers in a proximity that creates a physical awareness impossible in the theatreMerce Cunningham invented the "event"…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50AMFriday, June 27, 2014
Nederlands Dans Theater | New English Ballet Theatre: Tryst Devotion And Betrayal Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMThursday, June 26, 2014
Barbican, LondonThis captivating show uses smoke, mirrors and doll's house furniture to tell the story of an old woman's doomed first loveAt the heart of this captivating and uncategorisable…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PM 
