Friday, December 20, 2024
Royal Festival Hall, LondonBorrowing from Swan Lake and the Ugly Duckling, Circa deliver wow moments and ornate arrangements as the dancers move in finely tuned equilibrium
Australian compan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMTuesday, December 17, 2024
Sarah Snook put Succession behind her, Hofesh Shechter found horror in Albion and Rhod Gilbert was ecstatic to be alive, in our critics’ picks of the best stage shows of the year
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:02AMSunday, December 15, 2024
London Coliseum Artistic director Aaron S Watkin oversees a faintly surreal Edwardian setting of dancing chimney sweeps, suffragettes and Liquorice Allsorts in a sweet but not sickly product…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMTuesday, December 10, 2024
At 98, the choreographer has lost none of his love for dance – or his scathing wit. As his classic Nutcracker is performed again, he talks about grit, the ‘rubbish’ classics and direct…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24PMMonday, December 9, 2024
Apollo theatre, LondonThere’s plenty of festive, fact-filled fun at this kids’ show hosted by the cheery TV presenter
Maddie Moate’s USP is maximum enthusiasm. She never stops smiling,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMFriday, December 6, 2024
Sadler’s Wells, LondonClaire Cunningham’s affecting solo performance is a meditation on how we find our way along unexpected paths
A dance performance that credits two mountaineering con…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PMThursday, November 21, 2024
Sadler’s Wells, LondonIn a production loosely based on the Mahabharata, Khan has gathered classical Indian dancers who create a world that echoes through the centuries
Akram Khan is at an …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMTuesday, November 19, 2024
Dancer and choreographer who rose to fame with Alvin Ailey’s company in New York and became its artistic director
It was a failed audition that set in motion the superlative career of the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36PMFriday, November 15, 2024
Royal Opera House, LondonWayne McGregor’s take on the novelist’s complex tale is ambitious, beautiful and, though wanting in some parts, redeemed by incredible performances
It makes comp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AMSunday, November 10, 2024
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonPairs of dancers exactly in time with each other act out Anthony Hamilton’s hypnotic contemporary dance algorithm
It looks a bit like Janet Jackson’s Rhythm N…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMFriday, November 8, 2024
Linbury theatre, LondonSophie Laplane’s If at First switches so fast stylistically that it might be garbled, while Mthuthuzeli November’s The Waiting Game stages an existential crisis
So…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMWednesday, November 6, 2024
The Place, London Hannah Ekholm and Faye Stoeser’s double bill pairs precise poses with a compelling electronic score
Club culture has left its stamp on contemporary dance in recent years …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:31AMMonday, November 4, 2024
What would happen if our arts critics and sports writers swapped roles for a day? How does the English National Opera compare to the Premier League … or the NFL to a West End musical? Our …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMTheatre Royal, NorwichTchaikovsky’s score gets a Latin makeover and Cuban dance styles combine with classical ballet in this joyful and colourful festive family show
In 1969, Fidel Castro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:02AMFriday, November 1, 2024
Dancers and audiences are being fitted with electrode caps as part of a massive neurological study into how we respond to live performance – and the findings go far beyond what was first i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:02PMTuesday, October 29, 2024
As a new show co-created by an AI performer opens in France, industry leaders including Wayne McGregor, Tamara Rojo and Jonzi D contemplate the technology’s possibilities and perils
‘I t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMSunday, October 20, 2024
Sadler’s Wells, LondonAbby Zbikowski’s choreography resembles the most gruelling and exacting CrossFit ever – with superhero dancers displaying mind-boggling virtuosity
I’ve never se…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PMThursday, October 10, 2024
Barbican, LondonOpening this year’s Dance Umbrella festival, the South African company deliver a distinctive show by the non-conformist choreographer
At times, Mamela Nyamza’s Hatched En…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42PMWednesday, October 9, 2024
The Place, LondonMoody masses of bodies, a gang of club kids like shamans at a stick-up … this company is always trying something new
Matthew William Robinson, artistic director of Nationa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMMonday, October 7, 2024
As Theatre of Dreams arrives in London, the celebrated choreographer and composer explains how having his laptop stolen was a blessing in disguise for his new show
Hofesh Shechter walks out …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMFriday, October 4, 2024
Birmingham HippodromeEmploying five female choreographers in one production is a bold move but this sweeping celebration of strong women does not cohere
There’s no doubting the good intent…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMThursday, October 3, 2024
Sadler’s Wells, LondonA triple bill of modern pieces highlight the challenges of modern ballet, but only in Crystal Pite’s work does it all comes together, especially in the dancing of S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMMonday, September 30, 2024
Royal Opera House, LondonVivid designs, frog and fish footmen and a comedy dame bring good energy to the Royal Ballet’s Alice, with beautiful dancing from the leads
This ballet is at its b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AMSunday, September 29, 2024
The choreographer talks about overnight fame, ‘extreme ambition’ and her goofy/serious duet, staged by the National Ballet of Canada
Emma Portner wishes I didn’t need to ask her about …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PMWednesday, September 25, 2024
The Place, London Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir warmly narrates her own story of renewal after feeling her personal and professional life was over
Contemporary dance about the menopause? A dan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMTuesday, September 24, 2024
As the Royal Ballet’s newly minted principal, the dancer is on a mission to challenge the industry’s underlying racism from the inside. He discusses his first steps – and the role of h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMMonday, September 23, 2024
The Place, LondonThe Body of People Jazz Theatre Company presents a rich programme, including a celebration of the great trumpeter
It’s rare to see pure jazz dance on stage in the UK, even…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMFriday, September 13, 2024
Sadler’s Wells, LondonRecent graduates, former Ballet Black star Cira Robinson and guest Alina Cojocaru perform lost works and new commissions
Revived from the ashes after a 28-year absenc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMWednesday, September 11, 2024
There has never been a gay-themed work in the classical dance repertoire – until now. The esteemed choreographer hopes to change that for good, even if he’s sometimes the one blushing
Wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMSunday, September 8, 2024
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe Austrian artist-philosopher muses on disability and choreography, mobility and mobilisation in this quietly thought-provoking show
Michael Turinsky comes out …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMThursday, September 5, 2024
Cadogan Hall, LondonImpresario Jamiel Devernay-Laurence brings dance of all flavours to a new audience with this lively serving of latin, hip-hop, ballet and a chef’s kiss tap solo from St…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AM 
