Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, BrightonCharlotte Spencer’s examination of memory and the body is strongest when it focuses on specifics For the past 10 years, the choreographer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMThe ‘Shameless’ star talks to Sarah Crompton about the cost of living crisis, motherhood, Botox and her new play, ‘The House of Shades’
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:12PMSadler’s Wells, LondonThe mysterious, melancholy Cerberus is the centrepiece of a triple bill worthy of the company’s superb dancers Sadler’s Wells was sparsely populated for the Londo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMThe ‘Shameless’ star talks to Sarah Crompton about the cost of living crisis, motherhood, Botox and her new play, ‘The House of Shades’
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:24AMSadlers’s Wells, LondonFear and intimidation play out in the Matsena brothers’ raw, impassioned new work, while Julia Cheng’s female warriors strike a pose Julia Cheng’s choreography…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMBattersea Arts Centre, LondonDan Daw explores bodies, power and submission in a show that is intense, tender and comes complete with trigger warning… I was feeling quite calm about seeing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMThe New York theatre director and actors Arthur Darvill, Anoushka Lucas and Patrick Vaill talk to Sarah Crompton about turning the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic into the most challenging v…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:18AMRoyal Opera House, LondonIn a showcase of works from across their founding choreographer’s career, the Royal Ballet prove their mastery of his technical and dramatic complexity Mikhail Bar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMRichmond theatre, London; and touringXie Xin and Maxine Doyle call the shots in a double bill of great flow and swagger One quality that has sustained BalletBoyz, the company founded by the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMSadler’s Wells, LondonAnne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s tribute to five inspirational Rosas captivates – until it outstays its welcome Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is not a choreographer who …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMSadler’s Wells; 180 Studios, LondonWilliam Forsythe delivers a dazzling fusion of classical ballet and pop, Ivan Michael Blackstock a bold examination of black masculinity Dance takes man…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:37AMThe new play by the Pulitzer-winning writer of Fairview links the story of the pioneering Jamaican nurse in Crimea to female carers across history Seeing Fairview at the Young Vic in London …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMBarbican; Royal Opera House, LondonThe dancers shone in a double bill to mark 20 years of Casso Pancho’s company, while at Covent Garden Kyle Abraham’s new work was suffused with longing…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMSadler’s Wells, LondonDance Reflections festival continued, with offerings from foggy to soporific – but darling of radical dance Boris Charmatz did not disappoint You need a lot of pati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMTate Modern; Sadler’s Wells, LondonDance Reflections festival showcases a fresh take on Trisha Brown’s seminal work; while two of its contemporary offerings are frustratingly oblique It …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMThe American choreographer on setting classical dance steps to James Blake, his friendship with Nureyev, and why he hugs trees One of the world’s greatest dance-makers, William Forsythe, 7…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMSadler’s Wells, LondonA Lucinda Childs postmodern gem sparkles anew, while two extraordinary dancers explore what unites people and tears them apart When George Balanchine created his thre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMThe star of ‘The Affair’, ‘Luther’ and ‘His Dark Materials’ talks to Sarah Crompton about personal boundaries, the gender pay gap and why older women are more valued in Europe th…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:42AMRoyal Opera House; Wilton’s Music Hall, LondonVadim Muntagirov stars in the late Liam Scarlett’s reworking of a Russian classic. And Mark Bruce’s new work needs less drama, more dance …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AMWarwick Arts Centre, and touringThis Dickens adaptation is at its most vibrant when it relies on Ben Duke and co’s expressive choreography rather than complex dialogue “It was the best o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMSadler’s Wells, LondonThe magnetic young dancers of NDT2 shapeshift through a demanding triple bill with irresistible ease and assurance The youngest of the 18 dancers who make up Nederlan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMSadler’s Wells, LondonUniversal themes of romance connect a young cast to their 70s revival, while Carlos Acosta stumbles in his casting There’s a difficult balance in dance between bein…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMThe award-winning stage actor gives one of the standout performances in Joel Coen’s film and is about to star on the London stage in ‘The Chairs’. But things might have turned out very…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:06AMBarbican Pit, LondonRunning the gamut from Edith Sitwell and Twiggy to Rasputin and Elaine Paige, this mixed bill from an extraordinary duo and friends is a delight Eleanor Perry (Tight) and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMColiseum, LondonThe plot’s still a problem but the dancers give their all in the outgoing ENB artistic director’s bold attempt to bring an old classic in from the cold One of Tamara Rojo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMLilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, LondonThis dazzling show recreates the choreographer’s work through the pure geometry of balls, hoops and clubs As niches go, a work that combines a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMDancers burst back on to the stage, online performances reached new audiences, and we’ve Zoom to thank for Robert Cohan’s final work Miranda Sawyer’s best radio and podcasts of 2021 R…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMSadler’s Wells, London; Curzon cinemas, Sky Arts, FreeviewMagic and melancholy combine to glorious effect in Bourne’s Christmas classic. And the BalletBoyz make the Brothers Grimm look d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AMThe Royal Ballet’s phenomenal principal dancer was the fixed star at the heart of an extraordinary year for the company See the Observer’s faces of 2021 in full It’s been an oddly frac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMRoyal Albert Hall, LondonPolunin and Cojocaru are terrific, but neither is given enough to work with in the UK premiere of Johan Kobborg’s new version There’s been a lot of water under a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AMLinbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonThe extraordinary work of the late choreographer Robert Cohan finds full expression in two heartfelt tribute shows by Yorke Dance Project When I fir…
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