Thursday, 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 12:02PMTuesday, June 24, 2014
The Belgian choreographer plays with themes of love and lust in a sinister, sensuous four-parterSidi Larbi Cherkaoui is principally a teller of stories and a juggler of ideas, and in most of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:38AMMonday, June 23, 2014
The radical spirit of Merce Cunningham is felt in the arresting work at the festivalMy favourite work on the opening day of the 2014 Dance Biennale was Jérôme Bel's M0ndo Novo, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:44AMFriday, June 20, 2014
Work that crosses the boundary between dance and gesture is the order of the day in Venice, with typically innovative work on show from Jérôme Bel and Saburo TeshigawaraDance is still a ju…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:53PMSidi Larbi Cherkaoui: 4D | Charleroi Danses: Kiss & CryIn the suck-and-see spirit of the Wells Sampled season, Cherkaoui presents a programme of four short duets taken from four of his p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMWednesday, June 18, 2014
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe choreographer brings comedy, carnival and African dance to a hallowed classic, and ends up with something totally newBlack and white; good and evil; reality and ill…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AMSaturday, June 14, 2014
La Fille Mal Gardeé | Swan LakeFrederick Ashton's 1960 ballet is one of the most perfectly constructed narratives in the classical repertory. A reinvention of Jean Dauberval's 1789 pastoral…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMFriday, June 13, 2014
The culture secretary, who says too many Britons are culturally disenfranchised, should be aware just how dance organisations are reaching out to their communitiesSajid Javid successfully ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:44AMPeacock, LondonThe material is recycled into routines that vary only marginally in response to their musicAny show performed by men who style themselves the Bad Boys of Dance would, you woul…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMThursday, June 12, 2014
Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe arena format gives energy to the mob scenes, but English National Ballet's in-the-round tragedy isn't poetic enough See our gallery of images from ENB's Romeo an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:13AMFriday, June 6, 2014
As Wendy Houstoun questions the commodification of dance, HeadSpaceDance and others show signs of a new spirit of curiosity and freedomA couple of weeks ago, when I was interviewing Wendy Ho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:09AMSadler's Wells, LondonThere is a beauty here that originates way below the body's surface, in the deepest stretch and pull of musclesRussell Maliphant's choreography has become a magnet for …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMEnglish National Ballet: Romeo & Juliet | Rock The BalletENB's Albert Hall season has become one of the company's key showcases, its popular in-the-round productions of the ballet classi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMThursday, June 5, 2014
Lilian Baylis Studio, LondonChoreographer Morgann Runacre-Temple makes the most of limited resources, but key parts of the ballet sag and lose focusBallet Ireland is a fledgling institution …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00PMWednesday, June 4, 2014
Sadler's Wells, LondonBeltrão's innovative use of technology is an interesting attempt to add theatricality to hip-hop, but it's the old toprocking crowd-pleasers that really hit the spotOv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:15AMMonday, June 2, 2014
Royal Opera House, LondonAlastair Marriott's neuroscience-themed work holds its own against revivals of The Concert and The Dream Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:47AMSaturday, May 31, 2014
Royal Ballet Mixed Bill | Bruno Beltrão: CrackzComedy is the dominant key of this new triple bill, with revivals of two 20th-century classics, Frederick Ashton's The Dream and Jerome Robbin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMFriday, May 30, 2014
In the right hands, repeated phrases and movements can work a bewitching alchemy but when choreographers get it wrong, they risk sparking a scramble for the exitLucinda Childs is one of tho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:27AMWednesday, May 28, 2014
Sadler's Wells, LondonAnne Teresa De Keersmaeker doesn't so much interpret Grisey's score through dance as mash it all together into a relationship all of her own fearless imaginationWhen we…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AMMonday, May 26, 2014
She is a maverick of modern dance, still bagging awards in her 50s. Wendy Houstoun talks about her latest work a tribute to choreographer Nigel Charnock, a man so full of life that even ter…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AMFriday, May 23, 2014
Rosas: Vortext Temporum | Dublin Dance FestivalThe extraordinary Belgian company returns with the UK premiere of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's Vortex Temporum. The work reflects De Keersmaeke…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMThursday, May 22, 2014
Lilian Baylis studio, LondonAdopting the alter egos of movie and comic-book characters, the performance artist shapeshifts with delicious dexterity Hetain Patel: 'I'm 33 should I still want…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:53AMWednesday, May 21, 2014
Experimental ice-dance at Alexandra Palace, Rocío Molina outside her 'flamenco' niche, hip-hop's Harlem history and fresh, child-friendly choreography: Emma Gladstone has Dance Umbrella mov…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:39AMSadler's Wells, LondonRambert's programme of revivals is full of rich pickings from Merce Cunningham to Christopher Bruce's take on the StonesWhen Marie Rambert founded her company in 1926,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMMonday, May 19, 2014
Linbury Studio, LondonWhitley's creativity is seen best in his piece for dancers of the Royal Ballet, where the focus remains tautAlexander Whitley is the second choreographer to appear at t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:14AMNatalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev's new project is further proof that the ballet world is increasingly relying on contemporary choreographersIt started off as a novelty and now it's becoming…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:45AMFriday, May 16, 2014
Rambert | Birmingham Royal BalletChristopher Bruce choreographed Rooster back in 1991 and even then this Rolling Stones tribute came with a brooding dollop of rock'n'roll nostalgia. Now the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMThursday, May 15, 2014
Royal Opera House, LondonThe Royal's engaging mixed programme spans work by Liam Scarlett, George Balanchine and Christopher Wheeldon, with music by Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and Michael Nyma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:59AMMonday, May 12, 2014
Linbury studio, LondonHans van Manen's Concertante is the mesmerising highlight of Northern's programme of short, mixed balletsAs ballet companies become smooshed into an increasingly global…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:04PMSaturday, May 10, 2014
Brighton festival | Royal Ballet: Mixed BillUnder guest director Hofesh Shechter, Brighton festival has a strong dance element this year. Highlights include Belgian dance-theatre veteran Wim…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMFriday, May 9, 2014
Sadler's Wells, LondonStamina-sapping repetition mars a piece that falls just short of saying something interesting about the human conditionOlivier Dubois describes his 2012 work Trag&eacut…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:58AM 
