Tuesday, 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 04:18PMSunday, November 15, 2020
Available onlineFrancesca Hayward, Natalia Osipova and Marianela Nuñez are among the many stars in this exquisite mixed bill of classics and more recent work
Planned for a live audience the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMFriday, November 13, 2020
Music’s primal power for those living with dementia has inspired thousands of YouTube views for a clip of a former dancer
We see a frail and elderly woman in a chair, her eyes downcast. Sh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMMonday, November 9, 2020
Available onlineIn lieu of NYCB’s 2020 season, five short pieces by new choreographers frame the Big Apple in colourful new ways
New York City Ballet won’t perform again until September…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMFriday, November 6, 2020
From Paris rooftops to a giant yellow inflatable, dancers find new places to perform in this batch of enthralling shorts
Ballet Vlaanderen’s ongoing Imagination Is Alive series pairs music…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMMonday, November 2, 2020
As he prepares to shake up the ‘Eurocentric’ Venice Biennale, the Royal Ballet choreographer talks about his fears for the arts – and how social distancing has made dancers of us all
W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMFriday, October 30, 2020
Sadler’s Wells, LondonWill Tuckett’s intricate new work takes its inspiration from nature and was the shimmering centrepiece of an ambitious and enjoyable programme at the reopened Londo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMThursday, October 22, 2020
UK choreographer Ivan Blackstock and dancer Nafisah Baba worked on the groundbreaking Black Is King visual album, connecting with a wealth of black peers
Choreographer Ivan Blackstock was ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36PMSunday, October 18, 2020
The Place, LondonPart of the Splayed festival of queer art, Azara’s witty combination of spoken word and effortless groove takes the audience on a night out that leaves you longing to danc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMFriday, October 16, 2020
Available onlineWayne Eagling’s choreographic pedigree is clear in this wartime story of Marie Rambert – founder of Britain’s first ballet company – and her playwright husband
Canad…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMMonday, October 12, 2020
English National Ballet will return to the stage soon, but dance’s wider future looks precarious. The company’s artistic director tells us about bubbles, business models, and ballet clas…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMSunday, October 11, 2020
Royal Opera House, London, and online After seven months away from the spotlight, the entire company release their pent-up energy in a jubilant and moving three-hour gala of greatest hits
Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMMonday, October 5, 2020
Available onlineThree hours of dance, music and insightful interviews – including reminiscences from Danny Boyle – celebrate the creative power of one of the greatest dancers of the 21st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMTuesday, September 29, 2020
Available onlineClaustrophobia and flights of imagination make a powerful connection in this triple bill of pieces commissioned as a response to the pandemic
Back in June, Huddersfield’s L…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMFriday, September 25, 2020
Available onlineWim Vandekeybus’s ever-shifting dance theatre refuses to be pinned down in this live-streamed show from the company’s own studios
It’s hard these days not to start read…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMWednesday, September 23, 2020
Six sparky young dancers give their all in a scintillating competition streamed from the ballet’s new Docklands home
English National Ballet is back from lockdown with the 11th annual Emer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMTuesday, September 22, 2020
Khadifa Wong’s fascinating documentary Uprooted traces the origins of an artform and the cultural bias that robbed great practitioners of recognition
Jazz dance. It’s Broadway and the W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMWednesday, September 9, 2020
Masking up and working in bubbles are part of the routine as the company rehearse a dark but hopeful new piece by Wim Vandekeybus
Arriving at Rambert’s smart HQ on London’s South Bank, I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AMMonday, September 7, 2020
Most people in dance work freelance on punishingly low pay – and now lockdown has made things even worse. No wonder they’re taking jobs elsewhere
When lockdown hit in March, it didn’t …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMThursday, August 27, 2020
Available onlineCommissioned by Sadler’s Wells, Jonzi D’s new black-and white film powerfully weaves poetry and dance in a tribute to black women who have suffered violence
The best thea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMAvailable online The familiar story of transformation, in the company’s 2010 production, is given a free video outing two months before a new live ballet is set to debut
The best theatre a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMFriday, August 21, 2020
Hip-hop dance, optical illusions and pre-Tinder internet dating all feature in Zoo’s eclectic digital programme
The best theatre and dance to watch online
For those missing the Edinburgh f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36PMMonday, August 17, 2020
A canal in east London is not where you’d expect to watch Royal Ballet dancers but passersby have been overjoyed by pirouettes and acrobatics
The squeak of a jogger’s trainers and the ti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMThursday, August 13, 2020
Available online The choreographer goes back to barracks to portray how intense army training moulds raw recruits into a fighting team, with the mental and physical battles that ensue
To pre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24PMTuesday, August 11, 2020
Available onlineFrom the carefree romantic opening to the confused carnage of the battlefield, Akademi’s production is full of emotional detail
It’s 1888 when Lehna and Leela meet in an …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AMMonday, August 10, 2020
Available onlineMoving Edinburgh’s international festival online, this selection of dance works shows a forward-thinking ballet company
As a gallant effort to keep the show on the road (or…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMFriday, July 31, 2020
Available onlinePaul Lightfoot and Sol León bow out with two pieces, Standby and She Remembers, bringing dancers out of lockdown
Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMWednesday, July 29, 2020
The Rooster choreographer recalls the genius and cruelty of Marie Rambert and the demands on young dance talent today
Christopher Bruce’s dance career started in a Scarborough pub. One nig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMThursday, July 23, 2020
Available onlineInspired by Bach, Mussorgsky and Ravel, works from Opera Ballet Vlaanderen’s archive reveal deep classical instincts
No matter how experimental dance gets, there remains a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PMFriday, July 10, 2020
With venues closed, choreographers including Mark Morris have been creating increasingly inventive work at home
Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance online
Choreographer Core…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM 
