Monday, March 29, 2021
Rememberingtheoscars.com The TV pro couple’s take on favourite routines delivers fans a fizzing taste of the full-length stage show waiting in the wings
The married Strictly stars Aljaž �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMWednesday, March 24, 2021
Available onlineWith Tiler Peck leading the line with absolute control, William Forsythe’s Zoom-coordinated new work reaps the benefits of creative limitations
In ballet, exercises at the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PMMonday, March 22, 2021
In the second of our two-parter, rock stars, roadies, actors, dancers, composers and comics describe how their lives have been transformed without live shows – and imagine what now lies ah…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMAvailable onlineScored in a wash of electronica, Andonis Foniadakis’s technically impressive Palmos is a fantasy of close contact for the lockdown era
Palmos is a ballet that comes drenche…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMA love letter to a lost performance, a flower-robot duet, a mythical creature at bay – there’s thrilling movement in store in the latest pick of online dance
Benjamin Scheuer’s song Em…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMFriday, March 19, 2021
Choreographer’s new version, to be performed at Leicester’s Curve in 2022, reinvents Kipling’s Mowgli as a climate refugee
At the age of 10, Akram Khan played Mowgli in an Indian dance…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMTuesday, March 16, 2021
With stages closed, dancers have thrived on Instagram and TikTok, given innovative online performances and found a huge new audience
The first time I cried watching someone dance in their li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMMonday, March 8, 2021
Available onlineDanielle Rowe’s new work amps up the fizz, while archive pieces by Alexei Ratmansky and Yuri Possokhov offer dreamlike diversions and sleek stylings
Quick steps: dynamic da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMWednesday, March 3, 2021
Juggling babies and a job is always difficult – what are the particular pressures for performers and how is the industry taking steps to improve?
Followers of Royal Ballet principal Lauren…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMSunday, February 21, 2021
Writers and artists including Róisín Murphy, Tiffany Calver and Sigala on the art that transports them to the dancefloor during lockdown
There have been many notable nightclubs in film his…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMThursday, February 18, 2021
The new artistic director of Dance Umbrella is the first black artist to hold the post. He plans to call time on tick-box diversity – and use the pandemic to remodel his industry
Freddie O…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMFriday, January 29, 2021
Available onlineAkram Khan and Natalia Osipova’s poetic duet and Shobana Jeyasingh’s Contagion are highlights in a festival from BBC Arts
The most tantalising prospect of this three-hour…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMSunday, January 24, 2021
Available onlineGeorge Balanchine’s take on Shakespearean comedy may be more geometric than romantic, but the most delicate moments of this performance are truly enchanting
Now that all ar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03PMThursday, January 14, 2021
The charismatic choreographer and beloved teacher was an inspirational figure as he shared the secrets of movement
Sir Robert Cohan, modern dance legend, dies aged 95
In the 1970s, Robert C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMFriday, January 8, 2021
Cathy Marston returns to performing, poetry and dance entwine in Wales and the Akram Khan Company inspires mass movement in the best short films to view at home
Amid lockdown frustration las…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AMSaturday, January 2, 2021
Modern masterpiece Jerusalem storms back and Trevor Nunn goes underground with Beckett, while Bob Marley gets a musical and Frankenstein becomes a ballet Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AMWednesday, December 30, 2020
A warm new doc renders the anguish and angst of Black Swan passé and shows dancers’ steel, solidarity and positive attitude
The antidote to tales of the ballet world’s dark underbelly �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06PMTuesday, December 22, 2020
The year started with sparkling ballet and dazzling premieres, then came lockdown. But the dance world didn’t stand still and kept delivering innovative and urgent creations
More best cul…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMMonday, December 21, 2020
Available onlineScottish Ballet blends The Nutcracker and The Snow Queen in an hour-long film full of twinkle and charm
This year has been a test of creativity and nerve for the dance sector…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMMonday, December 14, 2020
Royal Opera House, LondonDespite fewer dancers and musicians, Peter Wright’s production is a gorgeous spectacle at Covent Garden
To the ballet then, while we can. As London waits to find o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMSunday, December 13, 2020
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe audience whoop behind their masks at a muted, Covid-era iteration of the festival, ending with a note of hope
Compared with the annual Breakin’ Convention festi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24PMAfter a tough year for theatre, our chief critic celebrates the joy of the Christmas show, while five festive performers reveal how it feels to be waiting in the wings
Remember your first ev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMWednesday, December 9, 2020
The dancer, who has been announced as the new artistic director of the Leeds-based company, shares his ambitions for the future
Dane Hurst was learning to dance in “a ramshackle, termite-i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMMonday, December 7, 2020
Available onlineBourne’s New Adventures has given three female dancers from the company the chance to make their own creations – with impressive results
Among the many dance films being …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PMFriday, December 4, 2020
Dancers learn routines from an algorithm and we get a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse of K-pop choreography as the Place’s festival moves online
One of the many festivals that’s sw…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03PMThursday, December 3, 2020
Available onlineThe enterprising company presents three specially filmed virtual dance works, including Smith’s own intriguing take on ancient mythology
Many small dance companies are clin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMTuesday, December 1, 2020
Available onlineA strong cast from Guildhall School hit the dancefloor in a show that muses over house music, orcas and the meaning of a nightclub family
In a year of isolation that’s left…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMFriday, November 27, 2020
Available onlineDirectors from the worlds of pop and adverts have made five films for English National Ballet’s new digital season. From boxing women to glorious goths, you won’t know wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMMonday, November 23, 2020
The DJ and founder of the Let’s Have a Kiki ball is running the climactic bash of this year’s Dance Umbrella – and he’s bringing his cats
‘I want you to get out of this quarantine …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMTuesday, November 17, 2020
Unable to fully stage their celebration of the classic 6os album, Clod Ensemble are inviting audiences to a listening party for London jazz festival
They had such great plans: a live band, 2…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMMonday, November 16, 2020
Available online This collection of dancers’ homemade films – in apartments, backyards or the great outdoors – connect in winningly lo-fi way
As some dance companies get slicker in the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PM 
